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

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 %
02 May 1774 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Commissary, Hippisley's Drunken Man, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £184 2s 70% N/A
04 May 1774 Drury Lane Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £136 13s 41% N/A
04 Oct 1774 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Sylphs, The Provancalle No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1774 Drury Lane Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, The Miller of Mansfield No No No £248 19s 100% N/A
10 Oct 1774 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Sylphs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1774 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Deserter No No No £178 7s 6d N/A N/A
17 Oct 1774 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Sylphs No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1774 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No Yes No £254 6s 6d N/A N/A
27 Dec 1774 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Jan 1775 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Two Misers No No No Unknown N/A N/A