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
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