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 %
23 May 1778 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, True Blue, Comus No No Yes £149 1s 6d 69% N/A
26 Dec 1778 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1779 Drury Lane Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, The Camp No No Yes £215 2s 6d N/A N/A
10 Apr 1780 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Fete Anticipated, The Flitch Of Bacon No No Yes £300 12s 6d 55% N/A
17 Apr 1780 Drury Lane Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, Jewish Education, The Critic No No Yes £246 13s 43% N/A
10 May 1780 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Camp No No Yes £201 6s 44% N/A
27 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Lyar No No No £156 5s 6d 36% N/A
17 Apr 1781 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Critic No No Yes £122 6s 6d 37% N/A
12 Apr 1782 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The London Cuckolds, The Gala, Auld Robin Grey No No Yes £187 10s N/A N/A
27 Dec 1782 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Lord Mayor's Day No No No £186 3s 6d 52% N/A