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 %
10 May 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £563 2s 60% N/A
21 May 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Bon Ton No No Yes £524 15s 44% N/A
25 May 1802 Drury Lane Way to Keep Him, Shipwreck No No Yes £319 18s 29% N/A
15 Jun 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Rosina No No Yes £578 8s 38% N/A
08 Nov 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Midas No No No £333 8s 6d 51% N/A
15 Nov 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Midas No No No £336 17s 48% N/A
22 Nov 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, A House to be Sold No No No £333 10s 53% N/A
29 Nov 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Midas No No No £267 13s 43% N/A
06 Dec 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Midas No No No £288 1s 50% N/A
13 Dec 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Midas No No No £282 6d 47% N/A
20 Dec 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Midas No No No £254 16s 6d 49% N/A
03 Jan 1803 Drury Lane Way to Keep Him, Love & Magic No No No £392 3s 6d 53% N/A
10 Jan 1803 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Love and Magic No No No £350 9s 51% N/A
18 Jan 1803 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Love and Magic No No No £256 17s 43% N/A
25 Jan 1803 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, Love and Magic No No No £205 16s 6d 40% N/A
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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