The Rivals (1775)

Author
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
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
£23,541 19s £2,734 1s (11.6%) £20,807 18s (88.4%)
1732 - 1809
£23,541 19s - (100%) £2,734 1s (11.6%) £20,807 18s (88.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
137 33 104
1732 - 1809
137 33 104
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
27 Feb 1797 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Doldrum No Yes No £424 5s 6d 71% N/A
12 Jun 1797 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Waterman, Harlequin and Oberon No No Yes £291 10s N/A N/A
24 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Rivals, Comus No No No £235 4s 47% N/A
30 Nov 1797 Drury Lane The Rivals, Comus No No No £193 2s 43% N/A
16 May 1798 Drury Lane The Rivals, Blue Beard, Two Pas Seul, Kitty and Jemmy, New Pas Seul No No Yes £414 6d 74% N/A
31 May 1798 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Raft, Reformed in Time No No Yes £434 16s 6d 15% N/A
10 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Rivals, No Song No Supper No No No £203 12s 35% N/A
09 Jan 1799 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Children in the Wood No No No £134 5s 36% N/A
01 Feb 1799 Drury Lane The Rivals, Feudal Times No No No £123 13s 6d 41% N/A
05 Oct 1799 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Embarkation No No No £306 2s 100% N/A
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