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 %
11 Mar 1740 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Rosamond, Les Characters Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1740 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1740 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice With The Metamorphoses of Harlequin Yes No No £131 3s N/A N/A
08 Dec 1740 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No £55 15s 6d N/A N/A
04 Apr 1741 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No Yes £122 16s N/A N/A
12 May 1741 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Damon and Phillida, Drunken Peasant, Arra My Judy, Matelotes Yes No Yes £110 N/A N/A
07 Oct 1741 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1741 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay, The Swiss, The Peasant No No No £40 N/A N/A
17 Nov 1741 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Feb 1742 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1742 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Orpheus and Eurydice, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1742 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Miss Lucy in Town, Les Matelotes, Concerto, Turkish Seraglio No No No £35 5s N/A N/A
30 Sep 1743 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Mar 1746 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Phebe, Peasant, Les Allemandes No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 Feb 1748 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Royal Chace No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1748 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Apollo and Daphne No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Jan 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda Yes No No £98 2s 56% N/A
19 Jan 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £93 18s 6d 57% N/A
20 Jan 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £82 17s 6d 34% N/A
29 Jan 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No £100 14s 6d 45% N/A
29 Mar 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, O Lovely Peace, Mirth Gives Courage, Spara Il Pastor Contente, The Truly Happy Man No No Yes £169 5s 37% N/A
25 Apr 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Phebe, Go Rose, Pierrot Dance No No Yes £131 19s 20% N/A
24 Oct 1750 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Miss in Her Teens No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1751 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Perseus and Andromeda No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1751 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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