Oroonoko (1695)

Author
Thomas Southerne
Author
John Hawkesworth (1759)
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
£10,560 10s £4,364 9s 6d (41.3%) £6,196 6d (58.7%)
1732 - 1809
£10,560 10s - (100%) £4,364 9s 6d (41.3%) £6,196 6d (58.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
137 67 70
1732 - 1809
137 67 70
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
11 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Queen Mab No No No £130 45% N/A
28 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Queen Mab Yes Yes No £200 60% N/A
11 May 1761 Covent Garden Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The School Boy, Hornpipe, The Provincial Sailors No No Yes £173 7s N/A N/A
20 Oct 1761 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Fair No No No £94 12s N/A N/A
07 Oct 1762 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Harlequin Ranger No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1764 Drury Lane Oroonoko, High Life below Stairs, Dance of Slaves, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £166 10s N/A N/A
09 May 1764 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Catharine and Petrucio, Dance of Slaves, Sweet Bird, Packet of News, The CowKeepers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1764 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Fairy Tale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Oct 1764 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Fairy Tale, New Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1766 Covent Garden Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe, Minuet, The Sicilian Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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