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 %
14 Dec 1733 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Harlots Progress No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Feb 1734 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1734 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Cupid and Psyche No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1734 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Cupid and Psyche Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Mar 1734 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Nuptial Masque No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1734 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Harlots Progress, Revellers, Pierrots No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Nov 1734 Covent Garden The Fatal Extravagance, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Glover's Scots Dance, Richmond Maggot No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Dec 1734 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Merlin, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1735 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Rape of Proserpine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1735 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Country House, The Medley Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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