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 %
01 Apr 1741 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Royal Chace, The Swiss No No Yes £111 17s 6d N/A N/A
05 Oct 1741 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1742 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1742 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Miss Lucy in Town No No No £40 N/A N/A
13 Nov 1742 Covent Garden Oroonoko, La Provencale, Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Dec 1742 Drury Lane Oroonoko, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, La Recrue des Houssars No No No £28 11s N/A N/A
02 May 1743 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Lying Valet, La Florana, Concerto, New Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1743 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1744 Drury Lane Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, Robin Goodfellow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1745 Covent Garden Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, Pyramus and Thisbe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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