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 May 1774 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Irish Widow, Judge Tycho's Sentence, The Irish Fair No No Yes £199 5s 6d 17% N/A
24 Jan 1776 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Prometheus No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Mar 1776 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Prometheus, The Italian Gardeners No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Mar 1776 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Rival Candidates, The Grand Garland Dance No No Yes £148 11s N/A N/A
15 May 1776 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Cross Purposes, Minuets, Cotillions, The Humours of the Newmarket Races No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1777 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Register Office, Harlequin's Invasion, The Irish Fair No No Yes £280 19s 37% N/A
16 Apr 1777 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, All the Worlds a Stage No No No £121 14s 44% N/A
15 Mar 1779 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Camp No No Yes £243 7s 6d N/A N/A
07 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £153 45% N/A
15 Jan 1780 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, The Flitch of Bacon No No No £123 2s 6d 33% N/A
24 Apr 1781 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Camp, The Butterfly, Tally Ho! No No Yes £291 10s 6d 42% N/A
18 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Robinson Crusoe No No No £170 3s 6d 63% N/A
23 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Robinson Crusoe No No No £148 13s 63% N/A
31 Oct 1781 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £202 12s 55% N/A
09 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £219 6s 6d 59% N/A
19 Nov 1781 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Divorce, The Frenchman in the Dairy No No Yes £193 19s 6d 50% N/A
18 Mar 1782 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Critic, Minuet de la Cour No No Yes £267 10s 49% N/A
19 Apr 1782 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Linco's Travels, The Alchymist, The Distress'd Lovers No No Yes £158 17s 51% N/A
29 Oct 1782 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £78 10s 28% N/A
03 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Alchymist, Devonshire Minuet No No No £55 16s 6d 24% N/A
08 Jan 1783 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £141 18s 38% N/A
05 Mar 1785 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Charms of the Camp, or The Female Volunteer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Mar 1785 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Three Weeks after Marriage, Pastoral Sports No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Mar 1785 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Charms of the Camp, or The Female Volunteer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1785 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Rival Nymphs No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
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