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
£12,548 2s £6,046 18s 6d (48.2%) £6,501 3s 6d (51.8%)
1732 - 1809
£12,548 2s - (100%) £6,046 18s 6d (48.2%) £6,501 3s 6d (51.8%)
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 %
22 May 1772 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Citizen No No Yes £185 2s 65% N/A
27 Oct 1774 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Election, The Elopement No No No £164 13s 6d N/A N/A
09 May 1778 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Upholsterer, The Arts and Sciences, The Russian Light Infantry and Cossack Camp No No Yes £149 2s 6d 39% N/A
03 May 1779 Covent Garden Illumination, Oroonoko, Chrononhotonthologos, The Humours of New-Market, The Poney Races No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1779 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Mirror, Dance of Slaves No No No £130 15s 50% N/A
27 Dec 1779 Covent Garden Oroonoko, Harlequin Every where No No No £191 3s 54% N/A
17 May 1781 Drury Lane Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The Lyar, The Devonshire Minuet, Tally Ho!, The Butterfly No No Yes £208 9s 6d N/A N/A
29 Oct 1781 Drury Lane Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The Gentle Shepherd, Highland Reel No No No £202 9s 6d 66% N/A
12 Nov 1781 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Divorce, The Frenchman in the Dairy No No No £171 6d 60% N/A
12 Mar 1782 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £114 12s 39% N/A
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