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 %
31 May 1780 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Miniature Picture No No No £93 4s 100% N/A
25 Oct 1780 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Critic, The Force of Love No No No £182 12s 6d N/A N/A
28 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Deserter No No No £85 10s 33% N/A
15 Feb 1781 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Robinson Crusoe No No No £165 3s 41% N/A
30 Oct 1781 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £196 10s 62% N/A
27 Nov 1783 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Comus No No No £91 13s 6d 26% N/A
15 Jan 1784 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin Junior No No No £218 19s 6d 53% N/A
06 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan, Grand Dance No No No £276 17s 6d 50% N/A
11 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan, Damon and Musidora, Grand Dance No Yes No £327 14s 64% N/A
15 Mar 1784 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Rival Knights, The Sultan, Grand Dance No No No £273 14s 73% N/A
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