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 %
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
06 Nov 1751 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Merlin's Cave No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1752 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Necromancer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Feb 1752 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Mar 1752 Covent Garden Rule A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1752 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Fair No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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