The Rival Queens; or The Death of Alexander the Great (1677)

Author
Nathaniel Lee
Author
John Philip Kemble
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
£20,550 15s 6d £11,854 10s 6d (57.7%) £8,696 5s (42.3%)
1732 - 1809
£20,550 15s 6d - (100%) £11,854 10s 6d (57.7%) £8,696 5s (42.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
183 122 61
1732 - 1809
183 122 61
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
18 Apr 1766 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Country Wife, Comic Dance, The Irish Milk Maids No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1767 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Citizen, The Village Romps, The Female Archer No No Yes £287 6s 60% N/A
30 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Deuce Is in Him, The Vintage Yes No Yes £281 15s 43% N/A
21 Apr 1767 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Rosamond No No Yes £183 10s 6d 62% N/A
24 Apr 1767 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, High Life Below Stairs, Comic Dance No No Yes £206 3s 53% N/A
02 May 1767 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, Daphne and Amintor, The Cries of London, The Irish Lilt, The Tombs of Westminster No No Yes £76 8s 6d N/A N/A
25 May 1767 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Dragon of Wantly, New Tambourine, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes £219 12s 6d N/A N/A
15 Mar 1768 Drury Lane The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, Florizel and Perdita, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1768 Drury Lane The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, A Peep behind the Curtain No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1768 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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