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 %
13 Nov 1771 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Padlock No No No £252 4s 6d 52% N/A
16 Dec 1771 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Amelia, The Sailors' Revels Yes No No £252 2s 6d 63% N/A
01 Feb 1772 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Padlock No No No £232 1s 6d 61% N/A
23 Oct 1772 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Mother Shipton No No No £134 7s 6d 40% N/A
27 Oct 1772 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Comus, New Occasional Prelude Yes No No £163 2s 50% N/A
28 Oct 1772 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Comus, The Irish Lilt No Yes No £223 4s 56% N/A
31 Oct 1772 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Comus, New Occasional Prelude No No No £148 10s 47% N/A
03 Nov 1772 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Comus No No No £152 8s 40% N/A
05 Nov 1772 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Daphne and Amintor, New Ballet No No No £104 4s 6d 40% N/A
19 Nov 1772 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Comus, New Occasional Prelude Yes No No £165 6s 6d 42% N/A
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