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
£28,119 2s 6d £11,720 10s 6d (41.7%) £16,398 12s (58.3%)
1732 - 1809
£28,119 2s 6d - (100%) £11,720 10s 6d (41.7%) £16,398 12s (58.3%)
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 %
24 Feb 1759 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Mock Doctor, Italian Peasants No No No £171 16s 67% N/A
02 Apr 1759 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Englishman in Paris, Bacchanalian Song, Dialogue of Jenny and Kate No No Yes £180 N/A N/A
19 Jan 1760 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, High Life Below Stairs No No No £190 57% N/A
22 Jan 1760 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin's Invasion Yes No No £160 61% N/A
25 Apr 1760 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Queen Mab No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1761 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Contrivances, Les Charboniers Yes No Yes £211 9s N/A N/A
15 May 1761 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £213 9s N/A N/A
05 Oct 1761 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £130 4s 6d N/A N/A
18 Nov 1761 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Old Maid, The Coronation No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1761 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Arcadia No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
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