The Orphan; or, The Unhappy Marriage (1680)

Author
Thomas Otway
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£22,719 18s 9d £10,758 10s 3d (47.4%) £11,961 8s 6d (52.6%)
1732 - 1809
£22,719 18s 9d - (100%) £10,758 10s 3d (47.4%) £11,961 8s 6d (52.6%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
233 109 124
1732 - 1809
233 109 124
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
08 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Orphan, Lilliput No No No £180 N/A N/A
18 Apr 1757 Drury Lane The Orphan, Catherine and Petruchio No No Yes £340 N/A N/A
25 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Statue or The Jealous Farmer Outwitted, Fingalian Revels, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £65 19s 6d 45% N/A
23 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £103 11s 39% N/A
06 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Harlequin Skeleton No No No £72 6s 39% N/A
19 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Spanish Dance No No No £155 8s 6d 77% N/A
23 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin Ranger, The Grand Dance of The Millers Yes No No £156 7s 69% N/A
26 Oct 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan, Queen Mab Yes No No £120 13s 77% N/A
11 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan, Queen Mab Yes No No £143 5s 6d 78% N/A
30 Nov 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan, Mercury Harlequin No No No £137 15s 6d 69% N/A
11 Dec 1758 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Contrivances, The Threshers Yes No Yes £55 2s 6d N/A N/A
19 Dec 1758 Drury Lane The Orphan, Mercury Harlequin, The Prussian Camp No No No £111 13s 6d N/A N/A
07 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Guardian, Italian Peasants No No No £174 14s 6d 53% N/A
23 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Guardian Yes No No £168 19s 65% N/A
19 May 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan, Tom Thumb, Hornpipe No No Yes £300 N/A N/A
25 Oct 1759 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, Lethe, Italian Gardiner Yes No No £120 53% N/A
07 Dec 1759 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Fair With Additional Scenes of Action No No No £147 11s 48% N/A
04 Jan 1760 Drury Lane The Orphan, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No £180 58% N/A
14 Apr 1760 Drury Lane The Orphan, Galligantus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £100 10s N/A N/A
16 Dec 1760 Covent Garden The Orphan, Lethe, Les Charboniers No No Yes £176 1s 6d N/A N/A
28 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £121 7s N/A N/A
01 Nov 1762 Covent Garden The Orphan, Harlequin Sorcerer with the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1764 Covent Garden The Orphan, Perseus and Andromeda and the Arcadian Nuptials No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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