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
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