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Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (1624)

Mainpiece

Comedy

Spoken Drama

Published in 1640.

Covent Garden

Drury Lane

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1732

1809

Dates	Theatre	Performances	Requested	Commands	Benefit	Revenue	Available Revenue %	Capacity %
02 Feb 1786	Covent Garden	Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan, The Recruiting Sergeant, The Piping Pedlar	No	No	No	£254 18s	47%	N/A
28 Oct 1786	Drury Lane	Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Richard Coeur de Lion	No	No	No	£176 17s	47%	N/A
10 Jan 1787	Drury Lane	Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Richard Coeur de Lion	No	No	No	£195 9s	47%	N/A
31 Jan 1787	Covent Garden	Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Three Weeks after Marriage, The Wapping Landlady	No	No	No	£254 4s 6d	55%	N/A
02 Feb 1787	Drury Lane	Rule A Wife And Have A Wife	No	No	No	£133 12s	34%	N/A
19 Feb 1787	Drury Lane	Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan	No	No	No	£235 10s 6d	42%	N/A
20 Nov 1787	Covent Garden	Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Farmer, Mirth by Moonshine	No	No	No	£166 7s 6d	55%	N/A
12 Feb 1788	Covent Garden	Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Three Weeks after Marriage	No	No	No	£141 16s	44%	N/A
06 May 1788	Drury Lane	Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Le Matin Midi et le Soir, Too Civil by Half, The Conjugal Frolick	No	No	Yes	£250 6s	24%	N/A
29 Oct 1788	Covent Garden	Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Poor Soldier	No	No	No	£185 19s 6d	100%	N/A

Performances

Commands

Covent Garden

Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan, The Recruiting Sergeant, The Piping Pedlar