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 1735 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Toy Shop Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1735 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Pigmalion, Minuet No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Sep 1735 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Necromancer or Harlequin Doctor Faustus No No No £79 6s 100% N/A
09 Oct 1735 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin Restored No No No Unknown N/A N/A
17 Nov 1735 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Rape of Proserpine No No No £52 7s N/A N/A
31 Dec 1735 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay, Revellers, Tambourine, Venetian Gondolier and Courtezan No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Jan 1736 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Royal Chace / Europa No No No £181 10s N/A N/A
02 Mar 1736 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Fall of Phaeton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1736 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Two Pierrots, Chancon a Boire, Sailors from Orestes, Tambourine, The Confession, The Opinion of the Ancients No No Yes £152 13s 6d N/A N/A
28 Apr 1736 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Fall of Phaeton No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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