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 %
24 Mar 1770 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Englishman in Paris, The Whim No No Yes £277 11s 6d N/A N/A
17 Apr 1770 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Citizen, The Reel, Minuet No No Yes £236 14s 6d N/A N/A
09 Apr 1771 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Padlock, The Old Ground Young No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1771 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Harlequin Dr Faustus, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1771 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Commissary, The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1771 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Harlequin Dr Faustus No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1772 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Apprentice, True Blue No No Yes £221 7s 69% N/A
30 Apr 1772 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Harlequin Dr Faustus, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £185 2s 6d 36% N/A
19 May 1772 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Englishman in Paris No No Yes £168 15s 54% N/A
16 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, The Mayor of Garratt No No No £149 19s 54% N/A
19 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £180 1s 52% N/A
26 Oct 1772 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No No £213 11s 6d 59% N/A
03 Dec 1772 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Witches No No No £141 16s 51% N/A
30 Mar 1773 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Padlock No No Yes £240 10s 6d 65% N/A
21 Apr 1773 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, Harlequin Sorcerer, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £212 8s 6d 36% N/A
11 May 1773 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, True Blue, The Englishman in Paris No No Yes £198 13s N/A N/A
15 May 1773 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Apprentice, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £148 9s 54% N/A
21 Dec 1773 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, Midas No No Yes £163 6d N/A N/A
26 Mar 1774 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Country Madcap, True Blue or The Press Gang No No Yes £218 14s 6d 61% N/A
18 Apr 1774 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, Catherine and Petruchio, The Merry Sailors, Ode on the Passions No No Yes £155 13s 35% N/A
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
02 May 1775 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, St Patrick's Day or The Scheming Lieutenant, The Vintage Festival No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1775 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Midas No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Mar 1776 Drury Lane Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, The Man of Quality, The Grand Garland Dance Yes No Yes £178 15s 6d N/A N/A
10 Apr 1776 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Syrens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1777 Drury Lane Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, Selima and Azor No No No £180 5s 44% N/A
05 May 1777 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Device or The Marriage Office, The Humours of New-Market, A Welcome to the Spring No No Yes £256 13s 6d 68% N/A
30 Mar 1778 Drury Lane Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, Second Thought is Best No No Yes £285 13s 6d 52% N/A
22 Apr 1778 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, True Blue, The Dutiful Deception, Allemande No No Yes £195 13s 6d N/A N/A
04 May 1778 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, Bon Ton, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £265 7s 45% N/A
13 May 1778 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, True Blue, The Commissary, The Poney Races, The Cottage on The Lawn No No Yes £144 15s 17% N/A
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
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