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 May 1783 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Golden Pippin, Diversion a la Mode, Quadriles, The Belle of the Village, The Devonshire Minuet, The Rival Nymphs No No Yes £286 18s 6d 26% N/A
26 Apr 1784 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, A Pasticcio, The Double Disguise, Auld Robin Grey, The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, They say there is an Echo here, The Sportmen's Return No No Yes £308 17s 29% N/A
04 May 1785 Covent Garden Alexander The Great Or The Rival Queens, The Land of Enchantment, Lethe, Moderation and Alteration No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1786 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Annette and Lubin, Piety in Pattens No No Yes £105 12s 6d N/A N/A
22 Oct 1787 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £260 8s 6d 70% N/A
26 Oct 1787 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Love in a Camp No No No £154 17s 6d 64% N/A
17 Dec 1787 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Farmer No No No £151 7s 6d 54% N/A
19 May 1788 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £374 19s 57% N/A
28 Apr 1789 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Midas, Fortune's Favor, or The Lovers Lottery No No Yes £228 4s 6d 51% N/A
12 May 1789 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Love in a Camp, Mirth by Moonshine No No Yes £138 18s 50% N/A
12 Apr 1792 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, Modern Antiques, Wine Cannot Cure the Pain I Endure No No Yes £280 11s 6d 56% N/A
06 May 1794 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The Sailor's Festival, The Poor Soldier No No Yes £316 11s 6d 32% N/A
28 Mar 1795 Covent Garden Alexander The Great, The British Recruit, The Absent Man, The Mid Watch, Tho' Hurricanes Rattle, Tho' Tempests Appear No No Yes £392 6s 6d 37% N/A
23 Nov 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, My Grandmother No No No £375 2s 6d 70% N/A
25 Nov 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Prize No No No £247 5s 70% N/A
27 Nov 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, No Song No Supper No No No £225 4s 6d 69% N/A
30 Nov 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, Peeping Tom No No No £246 14s 64% N/A
04 Dec 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Son in Law No No No £233 12s 6d 63% N/A
07 Dec 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Romp No No No £337 8s 64% N/A
14 Dec 1795 Drury Lane Alexander The Great, The Devil to Pay No No No £296 9s 56% N/A
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
01 Jun 1803 Covent Garden Alexander the Great, Lock and Key No No Yes £240 5s N/A N/A
23 Apr 1806 Drury Lane Alexander the Great, The Weathercock, Del Caro's hornpipe No No Yes £346 4s 6d 38% N/A
01 Jun 1808 Covent Garden Alexander the Great, or, The Rival Queens, A Vauxhall Gala, Oscar and Malvina No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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