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 %
21 Dec 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Pannel No No No £229 10s 42% N/A
28 Dec 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £312 11s 6d 52% N/A
13 Jan 1796 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £321 16s 6d 58% N/A
25 Jan 1796 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, Harlequin Captive No No No £399 15s 6d 61% N/A
12 Apr 1796 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Spoiled Child No No Yes £347 49% N/A
09 Apr 1799 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Lock and Key, Black Ey'd Susan, The Death of Admiral Benbow No No Yes £350 2s 57% N/A
15 Apr 1799 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Raymond and Agnes No No No £263 8s 40% N/A
14 Oct 1799 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or Alexander The Great, The Naval Pillar, Solemn Dirge, A Bundle of Proverbs, An Hungry Fox One Day Did Spy, Black Ey'd Susan, Britons, Your Country's Gratitude Behold, In Praise of the Tars Who Have Leathered the Word, Sir Sydney Smith, The Embarkation, The Navy and Army of Britain Forever, We Come, Ye Guardians of Our Isle, When a Tar Returns Home, When Britain First Her Flag Upreared, When Peace Smiles Around No No No £222 18s 38% N/A
20 Oct 1800 Covent Garden The Rival Queens; or, The Death of Alexander the Great, Selima and Azor No No No £223 13s 31% N/A
28 Sep 1801 Covent Garden The Rival Queens; or, Alexander the Great, Perouse; or, The Desolate Island No No No £287 17s 100% N/A
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