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 %
24 Apr 1738 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Lucky Discovery or The Tanner of York, Comic Dance, French Sailors, Je ne scai quoi Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1738 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Dragon of Wantley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1738 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1739 Covent Garden Oroonoko, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Sep 1739 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Harlequin Shipwreckd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1739 Covent Garden Oroonoko, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1739 Covent Garden Oroonoko, Muzette, French Peasants, Grand Ballet, Tambourine, Wooden Shoe Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Feb 1740 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Fortune Tellers, Drunken Peasant, Voyage to the Land of Cytherea, La Matelote, Le Gout de Anglois, Pierots No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Sep 1740 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Jan 1741 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Royal Chace No No No £96 3s 6d N/A N/A
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