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
£30,197 7s 6d £4,977 19s (16.5%) £25,219 8s 6d (83.5%)
1732 - 1809
£30,197 7s 6d - (100%) £4,977 19s (16.5%) £25,219 8s 6d (83.5%)
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 Oct 1801 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Humourist No No No £151 12s 46% N/A
16 Dec 1801 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Children in the Wood No No No £138 12s 6d 38% N/A
20 Feb 1802 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Children in the Wood No No No £132 19s 6d 25% N/A
24 Apr 1802 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Citizen No No No £198 17s 6d 36% N/A
05 Oct 1802 Drury Lane The Rivals, Two Strings to Your Bow No No No £162 3s 35% N/A
09 Jun 1803 Drury Lane Rivals, Tis' all a farce, Ballet No No Yes £61 18s 6d N/A N/A
04 Oct 1803 Drury Lane The Rivals, The True Lovers' Knot, No Song No Supper No No No £221 6s 6d 100% N/A
07 Dec 1803 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Caravan; or, The Driver and his Dog No No No £207 6s 42% N/A
05 Jan 1804 Drury Lane The Rivals, Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper No No No £280 17s 55% N/A
30 Apr 1804 Drury Lane The Rivals, Wags of Windsor No No Yes £546 1s 6d 38% N/A
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