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 %
14 Feb 1803 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Love and Magic No No No £198 8s 39% N/A
26 Mar 1803 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, A House to be Sold No No No £276 2s 6d 37% N/A
13 Apr 1803 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Love and Magic No No No £167 3s 29% N/A
18 May 1803 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Lethe, Blue Beard Yes No Yes £382 10s 6d 52% N/A
13 Jun 1803 Drury Lane Way to Keep Him, Rosina No No Yes £86 9s N/A N/A
10 Oct 1803 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, The Camp No No No £188 11s 34% N/A
02 Dec 1803 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, The Camp No No No £98 4s 24% N/A
09 Jan 1804 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper No No No £429 18s 6d 67% N/A
23 Jan 1804 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper No No No £470 10s 6d 59% N/A
02 Feb 1804 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper No No No £322 13s 6d 53% N/A
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