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 %
07 Nov 1735 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Harlequin Restord, Medley Overture, accompanied with French Horns No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1736 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Tambourine, The Raver No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Mar 1736 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Fall of Phaeton, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1736 Covent Garden Oroonoko, Le Mariage Force; ou, Les Fourberies d'Arlequin & de Scaramouch, Louvre, French Peasants, New Comic Dance, Sailors from Orestes, Serious Ballet, Tambourine, Wooden Shoe Dance No Yes Yes £131 18s 6d N/A N/A
12 Oct 1736 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Harlots Progress With Harlequin Grand Volgi, Tambourine, Grand Polonese Ballet No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Dec 1736 Covent Garden Oroonoko, Perseus and Andromeda Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1737 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Toy Shop, Serious Dance, Comic Dance, French Peasant, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1737 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, The Lady's Lamentation, Hornpipe, Grecian Sailors, Minuet, The Prince of Wales's Saraband No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1737 Covent Garden Oroonoko No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Feb 1738 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Sir John Cockle at Court, Minuets for Trumpets and other Instruments, Polonese No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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