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 %
22 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Polly Honeycombe No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Edgar and Emmeline No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, High Life Below Stairs, The Italian Gardener No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Old Maid, Hornpipe Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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
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