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 Mar 1740 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Rosamond, Les Characters Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1740 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1740 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice With The Metamorphoses of Harlequin Yes No No £131 3s N/A N/A
08 Dec 1740 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £55 15s 6d N/A N/A
04 Apr 1741 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No Yes £122 16s N/A N/A
12 May 1741 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Damon and Phillida, Drunken Peasant, Arra My Judy, Matelotes Yes No Yes £110 N/A N/A
07 Oct 1741 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1741 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay, The Swiss, The Peasant No No No £40 N/A N/A
17 Nov 1741 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1742 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1742 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Miss Lucy in Town, Les Matelotes, Concerto, Turkish Seraglio No No No £35 5s N/A N/A
30 Sep 1743 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1746 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Phebe, Peasant, Les Allemandes No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1748 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1748 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda Yes No No £98 2s 56% N/A
19 Jan 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £93 18s 6d 57% N/A
20 Jan 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £82 17s 6d 34% N/A
29 Jan 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £100 14s 6d 45% N/A
29 Mar 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, O Lovely Peace, Mirth Gives Courage, Spara Il Pastor Contente, The Truly Happy Man No No Yes £169 5s 37% N/A
25 Apr 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Phebe, Go Rose, Pierrot Dance No No Yes £131 19s 20% N/A
24 Oct 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1751 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Nov 1751 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Merlin's Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1752 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Feb 1752 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1752 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Fair No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1753 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Apprentice Yes No Yes £250 N/A N/A
26 Apr 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Apprentice, New Sailors' Dance Yes No Yes £214 N/A N/A
12 May 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Lethe, Dance of the Millers No Yes No £180 N/A N/A
21 May 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Lethe, Last New Comic Dance, The Indian Peasants No No No £130 N/A N/A
22 Mar 1757 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Apprentice, Grand Masquerade Dance, Minuet No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
23 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Lottery, Spanish Dance No No No £178 5s 6d 65% N/A
29 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Lottery, The Swiss No No No £173 15s 75% N/A
21 Dec 1758 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Rout No No No £169 18s 6d 80% N/A
30 Dec 1758 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin Ranger Yes No No £166 14s 66% N/A
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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