The Way to Keep Him (1760)

Author
Arthur Murphy
Work Type
Afterpiece
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
£22,033 3s 6d £4,415 11s 6d (20%) £17,617 12s (80%)
1732 - 1809
£22,033 3s 6d - (100%) £4,415 11s 6d (20%) £17,617 12s (80%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
161 35 126
1732 - 1809
161 35 126
Notes
Extended to 5 acts from 3 on 17610110, became MP
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
12 Feb 1790 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Lovers' Quarrels, Tambourine Dance No No No £213 5s 49% N/A
01 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Don Juan No No No £118 18s 27% N/A
17 Oct 1793 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, The Farmer, The Drunken Swiss No No No £176 1s 100% N/A
08 Dec 1797 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, The Round Tower No No No £146 18s 6d 55% N/A
03 Jan 1798 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Harlequin and Quixotte No No No £270 19s 53% N/A
10 May 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £563 2s 60% N/A
21 May 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Bon Ton No No Yes £524 15s 44% N/A
25 May 1802 Drury Lane Way to Keep Him, Shipwreck No No Yes £319 18s 29% N/A
15 Jun 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Rosina No No Yes £578 8s 38% N/A
08 Nov 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Midas No No No £333 8s 6d 51% N/A
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