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 %
14 Feb 1757 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Contrivances No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1757 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Frenchified Lady No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Lethe, Haymakers Dance, The Lamplighters No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Devil to Pay, Fingalian Dance No No No £146 7s 6d 44% N/A
22 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Lethe, The Jovial Coopers No No No £113 6s 6d 39% N/A
06 Jan 1758 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Cheats of Scapin, Fingalian Dance No No No £76 15s 6d 35% N/A
25 Feb 1758 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, A Lover His Own Rival, Jovial Coopers No No No £202 19s N/A N/A
28 Mar 1758 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Knights, Sicilian Peasants No No Yes £150 4s 6d 40% N/A
14 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Lottery, The Fingalian Dance No No No £90 11s 6d 39% N/A
15 Nov 1758 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Lottery, The Fingalian Dance Yes No No £59 30% N/A
29 Dec 1758 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, A Duke and no Duke, The Threshers No No No £99 2s 40% N/A
08 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, A Duke and no Duke, Fingalian Dance, The Threshers No No No £107 16s 6d 39% N/A
19 Mar 1759 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Honest Yorkshireman, The Threshers No No Yes £269 18s 6d N/A N/A
23 Apr 1759 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The What Dye Call It, The Country Wedding, The Milkmaid's Holiday No No Yes £178 9s 6d 30% N/A
25 Mar 1760 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Catherine and Petruchio, The Dutch Skipper, The Lamp Lighters No No Yes £183 1s N/A N/A
23 Apr 1760 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Harlequin Statue or The Jealous Farmer Deceivd, La Petite Bergere, Minuet, The Louvre No No Yes £81 10s 6d N/A N/A
03 Mar 1761 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, Thomas and Sally Yes No No £172 5s N/A N/A
31 Mar 1761 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, A Duke and no Duke, Les Charboniers Yes No Yes £101 7s N/A N/A
18 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Thomas and Sally No No No £57 6d N/A N/A
23 Mar 1762 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, Florizel and Perdita, Solo on violin, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Catherine and Petruchio, The Pleasures of Spring Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Damon and Phillida, Les Sabotiers Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Mock Doctor No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1764 Drury Lane The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Deuce Is in Him No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1764 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £232 12s 6d N/A N/A
09 Apr 1764 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Musical Lady No No Yes £184 12s N/A N/A
23 Apr 1764 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, Polly Honeycomb No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1764 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Apprentice, The Dutch Skippers, Hornpipe, The Cudgelled Husband No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1764 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Fairy Tale, Double Hornpipe, Minuet, The Carpenters and the Fruit Dealers, The Gypsies No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Lying Valet No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Musical Lady No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Feb 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Deuce Is in Him Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Mar 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Capricious Lovers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Capricious Lovers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Fairy Tale, The Irish Milkmaids, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1765 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Oracle, The Sicilian Peasants, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Capricious Lovers, The Medley, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1766 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, A Fairy Tale, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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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