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 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The Anatomist No No No £130 N/A N/A
23 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Intriguing Chambermaid, L'Entree de Flore, Peasant Dance No No No £140 N/A N/A
24 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Lottery, L'Entree de Flore, Peasant Dance No No No £120 N/A N/A
25 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay No No No £110 N/A N/A
30 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Lottery, L'Entree de Flore, Peasant Dance No No No £120 N/A N/A
13 Nov 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Queen Mab Yes No No £100 N/A N/A
18 Nov 1751 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Mock Doctor, Grand Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Shepherds Lottery, L'Entree de Flore, Peasant Dance No No No £120 N/A N/A
28 Dec 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Harlequin Ranger No No No £170 N/A N/A
13 Jan 1752 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Harlequin Ranger No No No £140 N/A N/A
06 Apr 1752 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Oracle, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1752 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Miss in Her Teens No No Yes £138 N/A N/A
05 Oct 1752 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, The Matelot Basque No No No £80 100% N/A
02 Nov 1752 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Anatomist No No No £40 N/A N/A
16 Jan 1753 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Genii No No No £150 N/A N/A
10 Oct 1753 Drury Lane Oroonoko No No No £120 N/A N/A
19 Nov 1753 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Mr Foote Gives Tea, New Dutch Dance No No No £200 N/A N/A
24 Apr 1754 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Sheep Shearing, Shepherd and Shepherdess No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1754 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay No No No £50 100% N/A
05 May 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Anatomist, All in the Downs, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £110 N/A N/A
13 Oct 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Anatomist No No No £180 100% N/A
14 Oct 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, New Comic Dance No No No £90 N/A N/A
16 Oct 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Lottery No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Nov 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Fortunatus No No No £120 N/A N/A
29 Dec 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Genii, Pantomime Dance No No No £150 N/A N/A
02 Jan 1756 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Apprentice Yes No No £130 N/A N/A
01 May 1756 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
12 Nov 1756 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Englishman in Paris No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
28 Feb 1757 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Mercury Harlequin No No No £150 N/A N/A
17 May 1757 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The King and Miller of Mansfield, Hornpipe No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
15 Oct 1757 Covent Garden Oroonoko, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £74 6s 38% N/A
25 Nov 1757 Covent Garden Oroonoko, A Duke and no Duke, Jovial Coopers No No No £52 18s 21% N/A
26 Jan 1758 Covent Garden Oroonoko, Catherine and Petruchio, The Judgment of Paris, The Italian Peasants No No No £69 1s 28% N/A
08 May 1759 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Honest Yorkshireman, The Milkmaid's Holiday Yes No Yes £111 13s 6d 28% N/A
01 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Anatomist No No No £180 66% N/A
03 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £190 55% N/A
04 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, High Life Below Stairs No No No £190 70% N/A
06 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, High Life Below Stairs No No No £160 75% N/A
08 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, High Life Below Stairs No No No £170 55% N/A
10 Dec 1759 Drury Lane Oroonoko, High Life Below Stairs Yes No No £160 44% N/A
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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