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 %
23 Oct 1792 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Prisoner No No No £276 17s 6d 100% N/A
07 Nov 1792 Covent Garden The Rivals, Two Strings to Your Bow No Yes No £419 1s 72% N/A
02 May 1793 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Soldier's Festival, Rosina No No Yes £212 18s 6d N/A N/A
13 May 1793 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Spoiled Child, Minuet No No Yes £491 15s 6d 40% N/A
31 May 1793 Covent Garden The Rivals, The Farmer, Hornpipe No No Yes £396 3s 6d 40% N/A
05 Nov 1794 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Wedding Day No No No £244 1s 59% N/A
26 Nov 1794 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Wedding Day No No No £285 16s 6d 37% N/A
31 Jan 1795 Drury Lane The Rivals, Lodoiska No No No £215 6s 6d 47% N/A
16 Feb 1795 Drury Lane The Rivals, Alexander the Great No No No £407 5s 52% N/A
24 Apr 1795 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Spoiled Child No No Yes £402 8s 59% N/A
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