The Rival Queans, with the Humours of Alexander the Great (1729)

Author
Colley Cibber
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Farce
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
£569 1s 6d £569 1s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
1732 - 1809
£569 1s 6d - (100%) £569 1s 6d (100%) £0 (0%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
5 4 1
1732 - 1809
5 4 1
Notes
A burlesque of Nathaniel Lee's The Rival Queens (1677).
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
17 May 1738 Drury Lane The Squire Of Alsatia, The Rival Queans With the odd Humours of little Alexander the Great, Punch, See from the Silent Groves, Water Music, Dance of Turks, Drunken Peasant, Flanderkins, New Sailors' Dance, Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1765 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Rival Queens or Death of Alexander the Little, Blind Mans Buff No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Volunteers Or Taylors To Arms, The Double Gallant, The Rival Queans or The Life and Death of Alexander the Little, The Shepherd's Wedding No No Yes £274 14s 64% N/A
20 Apr 1780 Covent Garden The Belle's Stratagem, The Rival Queans No No No £208 18s 6d 61% N/A
02 May 1791 Covent Garden The Brothers, Alexander the Little or The Rival Queans, The Jockies No No Yes £327 4s 44% N/A

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