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 %
15 Feb 1775 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Golden Pippin, Rural Merriment No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Feb 1775 Covent Garden The Rivals, Comus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1775 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1775 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Druids No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1775 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Druids, Double Hornpipe, The Pilgrim No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1775 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Druids, Double Hornpipe, Allemande No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Nov 1775 Covent Garden The Rivals, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1776 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Man of Quality, Mirth and Jollity Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Rivals, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £235 17s 55% N/A
17 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Rivals, Selima and Azor, The Double Festival No No No £215 7s 6d 46% N/A
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