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 %
06 Feb 1800 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Lodoiska No Yes No £591 19s 79% N/A
25 Oct 1800 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Wilmore Castle, Actaeon and Diana No No No £360 13s 6d 100% N/A
19 Mar 1801 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Of Age To-morrow No No No £362 3s 52% N/A
11 Jun 1801 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Doctor & the Apothecary No No Yes £74 6s 6d N/A N/A
19 Jun 1801 Covent Garden Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Scotch Ghost, The Poor Soldier No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jan 1802 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Festival of Bacchus, ballet, My Grandmother No No No £118 12s 6d 21% N/A
07 May 1802 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Adelmorn the Outlaw No No No £267 19s 6d 56% N/A
10 Nov 1802 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Prize No No No £234 6s 43% N/A
15 Jun 1803 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Shipwreck No No Yes £74 15s N/A N/A
06 Dec 1803 Covent Garden Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Love Laughs at Locksmiths No No No £161 7s 45% N/A
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