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 %
30 Nov 1772 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Register Office No No No £232 2s 6d 56% N/A
11 Dec 1772 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance No No No £199 19s 6d 61% N/A
02 Jan 1773 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £120 3s 6d 41% N/A
06 Oct 1773 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No £93 4s 29% N/A
22 Oct 1773 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Padlock No No No £239 17s 66% N/A
02 Dec 1773 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Golden Pippin No No No £106 8s 6d 31% N/A
24 Nov 1774 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Lyar No No No £228 15s N/A N/A
11 Feb 1775 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Harlequin's Jacket No No No £254 5s N/A N/A
14 Mar 1775 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Rival Candidates No No No £261 11s N/A N/A
17 May 1775 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, A Trip to Scotland, Gramachree Molly No No Yes £117 1s N/A N/A
11 Oct 1775 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Theatrical Candidates, Harlequin's Jacket or The New Years Gift No No No £163 19s N/A N/A
05 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay No No No £270 14s N/A N/A
20 Dec 1775 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Sultan, The Sailors' Revels No No No £270 12s N/A N/A
14 Feb 1776 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Sultan, The Sailors' Revels No No No £270 6s N/A N/A
02 May 1776 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Rival Candidates, The Grand Garland Dance No No No £253 6d N/A N/A
18 Nov 1778 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Camp No Yes No £212 11s 6d N/A N/A
20 Mar 1779 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, A Monody, The Miller of Mansfield No No No £185 3s N/A N/A
02 Oct 1779 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin's Invasion No No No £167 8s 6d 100% N/A
25 Jan 1780 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Flitch Of Bacon No No No £121 1s 6d 36% N/A
04 May 1780 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Irish Widow, The Irish Fair No No Yes £284 7s 6d 29% N/A
31 May 1780 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Miniature Picture No No No £93 4s 100% N/A
25 Oct 1780 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Critic, The Force of Love No No No £182 12s 6d N/A N/A
28 Nov 1780 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Deserter No No No £85 10s 33% N/A
15 Feb 1781 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Robinson Crusoe No No No £165 3s 41% N/A
30 Oct 1781 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Gentle Shepherd No No No £196 10s 62% N/A
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