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 %
11 May 1765 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Witches, Double Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Oct 1765 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Oct 1765 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1765 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1765 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1765 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin's Invasion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1766 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Fortunatus, New Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Nov 1766 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin Dr Faustus Yes No No £185 19s 44% N/A
07 Mar 1767 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay No No No £261 15s 6d 51% N/A
16 Mar 1767 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Musical Lady, The Lilliputian Camp No Yes No £242 3s N/A N/A
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