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
£26,077 14s £10,511 10s 6d (40.3%) £15,566 3s 6d (59.7%)
1732 - 1809
£26,077 14s - (100%) £10,511 10s 6d (40.3%) £15,566 3s 6d (59.7%)
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 %
02 May 1804 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Cinderella No No Yes £265 1s 6d 37% N/A
26 Sep 1804 Covent Garden Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Irish Mimick; or, Blunders at Brighton No No No £248 6d 100% N/A
21 Dec 1804 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Doctor and the Apothecary No No No £133 17s 6d 40% N/A
23 Oct 1805 Covent Garden Rule a Wife and have a Wife, Rugantino; or, The Bravo of Venice No No No £283 18s 6d 68% N/A
28 Jan 1807 Covent Garden Rule a Wife & Have a Wife, Mother Goose No No No £382 12s 6d 57% N/A
02 Jan 1808 Covent Garden Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Harlequin in his Element No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1808 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Weathercock No No No £277 16s 6d 100% N/A
08 Oct 1808 Drury Lane Rule a Wife and Have a WIfe, Ella Rosenberg No No No £264 15s 100% N/A
29 May 1809 Covent Garden Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, The Ghost, Valentine and Orson No No Yes £300 3s 62% N/A
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