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 %
21 Dec 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Queen Mab No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1762 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Genii No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1762 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Reprisal or The Tars of Old England, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1763 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Musical Lady, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Miss in Her Teens, The Tempest of War No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 May 1763 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Fortunatus, The Irish Lilt No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1764 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Rites of Hecate No No No £247 14s N/A N/A
10 Jan 1764 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Rites of Hecate No No No £180 4s N/A N/A
12 Jan 1764 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Rites of Hecate, The Irish Lilt No Yes No £250 12s N/A N/A
29 Mar 1764 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Edgar and Emmeline, The Shepherdesses, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £231 8s 6d N/A N/A
08 Nov 1764 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Fortunatus, The Irish Lilt, New Scaramouch Dance, New Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Dec 1764 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Queen Mab, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Feb 1765 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Queen Mab, The Medley No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1765 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Frenchified Lady never in Paris, The Medley, Minuet, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1765 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Fortunatus, Double Hornpipe, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Oct 1765 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Witches No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1765 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Nov 1765 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Harlequins Invasion Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1766 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Hermit No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1767 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Marriage a la Mode or Conjugal Douceurs, Hearts of Oak Yes No Yes £230 6s 6d 53% N/A
24 Mar 1768 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Catherine and Petruchio, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £237 18s N/A N/A
06 Apr 1768 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The National Prejudice, The Cotillion, The Irish Haymakers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1768 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Hermit, The Medley, Picture of the Playhouse or Bucks Have at Ye All No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1768 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Lyar, Double Hornpipe, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Oct 1768 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Elopement No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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