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 %
20 Mar 1749 Drury Lane The Orphan, Savoyards, L'Entree de Flore No No Yes £199 10s 6d N/A N/A
08 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Chaplet No No No £154 12s 70% N/A
11 Dec 1749 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Chaplet Yes No No £153 6s 68% N/A
20 Jan 1750 Drury Lane The Orphan, A Duke and no Duke, Savoyard Travellers Yes No No £162 6s 66% N/A
20 Feb 1750 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Fair No No No £117 45% N/A
20 Mar 1750 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Chaplet No No Yes £158 19s 6d 65% N/A
09 Apr 1750 Drury Lane The Orphan, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes £200 13s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1750 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Beggar's Wedding, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1751 Covent Garden The Orphan, Damon and Phillida, Grand Scotch Ballet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1751 Drury Lane The Orphan, Lethe No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
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