12 February 1788

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1787-1788
Volume: 5
Comments: [As mainpiece the playbill announces Love in a Village, but "Mrs Billington was taken ill & Rule a Wife was substituted" (MS annotation on BM playbill: cg, Vol. VI); as afterpiece St. Patrick's Day, but in the Account-Book (which also notes the change of mainpiece) it is deleted, and Three Weeks after Marriage substituted.] Receipts: #141 16s. (135.15.6; 6.0.6)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p cg Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. See 20 Nov. 1787. *aThree Weeks after Marriage. See 15 Jan. *c[As mainpiece the playbill announces <i>Love in a Village</i>, but "$Mrs Billington= was taken ill & <i>Rule a Wife</i> was substituted" (MS annotation on <i>BM playbill</i>: <i>cg</i>, Vol. VI); as afterpiece <i>St. Patrick's Day</i>, but in the Account-Book(which also notes the change of mainpiece) it is deleted, and <i>Three Weeks after Marriage</i> substituted.] Receipts: #141 16s. (135.15.6; 6.0.6).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1788 02 12 cg Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. ^See17871120^.*a1788 02 12 cg Three Weeks after Marriage. ^See17880115^.*c1788 02 12 cg [As mainpiece the playbill announces <i>Love in a Village</i>, but "$Mrs Billington= was taken ill & <i>Rule a Wife</i> was substituted" (MS annotation on <i>BM playbill</i>: <i>cg</i>, Vol. VI); as afterpiece <i>St. Patrick's Day</i>, but in the Account-Book (which also notes the change of mainpiece) it is deleted, and <i>Three Weeks after Marriage</i> substituted.] Receipts: #141 16s. (135.15.6; 6.0.6).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 45374 | 17880212 | cg | [As mainpiece the playbill announces <i>Love in a Village</i>, but "$Mrs Billington= was taken ill & <i>Rule a Wife</i> was substituted" (MS annotation on <i>BM playbill</i>: <i>cg</i>, Vol. VI); as afterpiece <i>St. Patrick's Day</i>, but in the Account-Book (which also notes the change of mainpiece) it is deleted, and <i>Three Weeks after Marriage</i> substituted.] Receipts: #141 16s. (135.15.6; 6.0.6)
    Performance: 98479 | 45374 | p | Rule A Wife And Have A Wife | See17871120.
    Performance: 98480 | 45374 | a | Three Weeks after Marriage | See17880115.

Mainpiece

Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife
Comments:
See17871120.
Cast:
None Listed

Related Works

Publish Date: 1640
Author: John Fletcher
Birth: 1579
Death: 1625

Afterpiece

Title: Three Weeks after Marriage
Comments:
See17880115.
Cast:
None Listed

Related Works

Publish Date: 1776
Author: Arthur Murphy
Birth: 1727
Death: 1805

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