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 %
28 May 1795 Drury Lane The Rivals, A Masonic Melange, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £443 19s 51% N/A
22 Oct 1795 Drury Lane The Rivals, Lodoiska No No No £219 14s 54% N/A
30 Oct 1795 Covent Garden The Rivals, Hartford Bridge, The Lucky Escape No Yes No £481 7s 74% N/A
24 Nov 1795 Drury Lane The Rivals, Lodoiska No No No £160 6s 6d 51% N/A
03 May 1796 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Sultan No No Yes £395 8s 6d 52% N/A
24 May 1796 Drury Lane The Rivals, My Grandmother No No No £175 18s 6d 67% N/A
08 Nov 1796 Drury Lane The Rivals, Richard Coeur de Lion, The Scotch Ghost No No No £260 13s 6d 53% N/A
31 Dec 1796 Drury Lane The Rivals, Robinson Crusoe No No No £166 16s 46% N/A
24 Jan 1797 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Shipwreck No No No £162 5s 29% N/A
18 Feb 1797 Drury Lane The Rivals, Lodoiska No No No £189 13s 39% N/A
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