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 %
28 May 1805 Drury Lane The Rivals, The United Britons, Youth, Love, and Folly No No No £153 10s 32% N/A
18 Jun 1805 Drury Lane Rivals No No Yes £684 1s 100% N/A
18 Oct 1805 Drury Lane The Rivals, Youth, Love, and Folly No No No £184 1s 6d 33% N/A
22 Apr 1806 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Forty Thieves No No No £441 5s 6d 77% N/A
07 Oct 1806 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Forty Thieves No No No £277 5s 6d 100% N/A
18 Nov 1806 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Fair Circassian, The Virgin Unmasked No No No £130 15s 6d 29% N/A
03 Feb 1807 Drury Lane The Rivals, Tekeli No No No £173 19s 33% N/A
16 Jun 1807 Drury Lane Rivals, Young Hussar No No Yes £60 1s 6d N/A N/A
27 Jan 1808 Drury Lane The Rivals, Matrimony No No No £289 11s 6d N/A N/A
04 Oct 1808 Drury Lane The Rivals, No Song No Supper No No No £237 3s 100% N/A
13 Oct 1808 Drury Lane The Rivals, Caractacus No No No £209 1s 6d 45% N/A
12 Apr 1809 Drury Lane Rivals, Citizen No No No £127 14s 6d 38% N/A
Download Export