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 %
16 Jan 1753 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin Sorcerer No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Apprentice Yes No Yes £250 N/A N/A
26 Apr 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Apprentice, New Sailors' Dance Yes No Yes £214 N/A N/A
12 May 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Lethe, Dance of the Millers No Yes No £180 N/A N/A
21 May 1756 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, Lethe, Last New Comic Dance, The Indian Peasants No No No £130 N/A N/A
22 Mar 1757 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Apprentice, Grand Masquerade Dance, Minuet No No Yes £230 N/A N/A
23 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Lottery, Spanish Dance No No No £178 5s 6d 65% N/A
29 Nov 1758 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Lottery, The Swiss No No No £173 15s 75% N/A
21 Dec 1758 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Rout No No No £169 18s 6d 80% N/A
30 Dec 1758 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Harlequin Ranger Yes No No £166 14s 66% N/A
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