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 %
11 Mar 1777 Drury Lane The Rivals, Margaret of Anjou, The Deserter, The Irish Fair No No Yes £222 9s 29% N/A
09 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Jubilee, The Triumph of Love No Yes No £257 1s 52% N/A
01 May 1777 Drury Lane The Rivals, All the World's a Stage, Grand Dance No No No £97 14s 27% N/A
12 Mar 1778 Drury Lane The Rivals, Queen Mab No No No £136 16s 6d 45% N/A
12 May 1778 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Irish Widow, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £298 9s 6d 38% N/A
19 May 1778 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Waterman No No Yes £211 11s 6d 42% N/A
20 Nov 1778 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Camp No No No £127 8s N/A N/A
13 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Rivals, Comus, Tally Ho!, Sweet Echo No No Yes £273 11s 6d N/A N/A
22 Feb 1780 Drury Lane The Rivals, Fortunatus No No No £134 8s 39% N/A
22 Apr 1780 Drury Lane The Rivals, Who's The Dupe? No No Yes £132 14s 6d 42% N/A
17 May 1780 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Genii No No Yes £40 12s 6d N/A N/A
02 Nov 1780 Drury Lane The Rivals, Bon Ton, The Irish Fair No No No £127 4s 34% N/A
03 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The Rivals, Catherine and Petruchio, Minuet de la Cour, Allemande No No Yes £195 5s 6d 31% N/A
02 May 1781 Drury Lane The Rivals, A Fete, The Deserter No No Yes £235 5s 6d 46% N/A
28 Mar 1788 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Poor Soldier, The Italian Bakers No No Yes £260 18s 6d 61% N/A
04 Apr 1788 Covent Garden The Rivals, Love in a Camp, Leap Year No No Yes £198 11s 6d 52% N/A
02 May 1788 Covent Garden The Rivals, Love and War, Mirth by Moonshine No No Yes £164 5s 49% N/A
14 Apr 1789 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Little Hunchback or A Frolick in Bagdad, Mother Shipton's Review of the Audience, Jack in Distress or the Wapping Landlady No No Yes £379 13s 65% N/A
14 Apr 1790 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Pannel, Treble Hornpipe No No Yes £360 6d 47% N/A
03 May 1790 Drury Lane The Rivals, No Song No Supper No No No £276 3s 63% N/A
10 May 1790 Drury Lane The Rivals, No Song No Supper No No No £248 4s 6d N/A N/A
17 May 1790 Drury Lane The Rivals, No Song No Supper No No No £222 6d 57% N/A
24 May 1790 Drury Lane The Rivals, No Song No Supper No No No £240 9s 60% N/A
01 Nov 1790 Drury Lane The Rivals, Don Juan No No No £196 5s 60% N/A
08 Nov 1790 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Intriguing Chambermaid No No No £270 5s 65% N/A
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