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 %
16 Nov 1797 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay, A Trip to the Nore No No No £239 6d 69% N/A
07 Feb 1798 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Blue Beard No No No £310 5s 74% N/A
12 Apr 1798 Covent Garden The Raft, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Harlequin's Return No No No £185 11s 32% N/A
02 May 1798 Covent Garden The Raft, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Raymond and Agnes, Dance of Savoyards No No No £99 17s 6d 26% N/A
04 Feb 1799 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Feudal Times No No No £238 2s 33% N/A
14 May 1799 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Blue Beard No No No £224 7s 61% N/A
28 Sep 1799 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Prize No No No £245 2s 100% N/A
14 Oct 1799 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Blue Beard or Female Curiosity No No No £370 2s 62% N/A
13 Nov 1799 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, My Grandmother No No No £176 3s 43% N/A
03 Jan 1800 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Lodoiska No No No £172 18s 49% N/A
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