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 %
26 Oct 1770 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Jubilee Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1770 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, The Padlock, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1770 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1771 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, Mother Shipton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Author, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1771 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, Miss in Her Teens, The Medley No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1771 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Institution of the Garter No No No £219 5s 52% N/A
19 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, The Fairy Prince No No No £187 2s 61% N/A
07 Jan 1772 Covent Garden The Way To Keep Him, The Fairy Prince No No No £164 8s 6d 43% N/A
25 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Witches No No No £133 17s 6d 45% N/A
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