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 %
27 Apr 1804 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, The Caravan No No No £149 11s 33% N/A
18 May 1804 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Rosina No No No £69 15s 32% N/A
11 Jun 1804 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Cinderella No No Yes £661 17s 24% N/A
16 Nov 1804 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, The Citizen No No No £189 11s 45% N/A
22 Dec 1804 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, The Prize; or, 2, 5, 3, 8 No No No £149 15s 48% N/A
29 May 1805 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, The True Lovers' Knot, Youth, Love, and Folly No No No £145 9s 6d 58% N/A
02 Dec 1806 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Tekeli; or, The Siege of Montgatz No No No £256 7s 63% N/A
13 Dec 1806 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, He's Dear, Dear To Me, Tho' He's Far Away, Tekeli; or, The Siege of Montgatz No No No £147 17s 6d 56% N/A
05 Feb 1807 Covent Garden The Way to Keep Him, Mother Goose No No No £309 2s 6d 56% N/A
30 May 1807 Covent Garden The Way to Keep Him, Fortune's Frolick No No Yes £360 4s 22% N/A
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