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 %
21 Jan 1777 Drury Lane The Rivals, Selima and Azor No No No £235 2s 46% N/A
07 Feb 1777 Drury Lane The Rivals, Selima and Azor, The Savage Hunters No No No £210 11s 6d 53% N/A
15 Feb 1777 Drury Lane The Rivals, Selima and Azor, The Double Festival No No No £235 15s 53% N/A
22 Feb 1777 Drury Lane The Rivals, Selima and Azor, The Triumph of Love No No No £198 5s 6d 45% N/A
10 Mar 1777 Drury Lane The Rivals, Harlequin's Invasion, The Irish Fair No No Yes £260 4s 43% N/A
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
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