Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (1624)

Author
John Fletcher
Work Type
Mainpiece
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
£26,077 14s £10,511 10s 6d (40.3%) £15,566 3s 6d (59.7%)
1732 - 1809
£26,077 14s - (100%) £10,511 10s 6d (40.3%) £15,566 3s 6d (59.7%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
249 130 119
1732 - 1809
249 130 119
Notes
Published in 1640.
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
12 Dec 1732 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, French Peasant, Comic Dance, Tambourine No No No £59 16s 6d 100% N/A
02 Jan 1733 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Cephalus and Procris No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Feb 1733 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Judgment of Paris No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1733 Covent Garden Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Stage Coach, Tambourine, Scottish Dance, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1733 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Mock Doctor, Drunken Peasant, Concerto on hautboy, Dutchwoman, Les Bergeries, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 May 1733 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Grand Overture, Fingalian, Mock Minuet, Tambourine, Water Music No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1733 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Mock Doctor, Drunken Peasant, English Maggot Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Oct 1733 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Britannia No No No Unknown N/A N/A
31 Oct 1733 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Flora, Scotch Dance, Tambourine, Two Pierrots No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1733 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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