The Deuce is in Him (1763)

Author
George Colman, the elder
Work Type
Afterpiece
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
£13,944 10s £2,029 5s 6d (14.6%) £11,915 4s 6d (85.4%)
1732 - 1809
£13,944 10s - (100%) £2,029 5s 6d (14.6%) £11,915 4s 6d (85.4%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
117 20 97
1732 - 1809
117 20 97
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
14 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The English Merchant, The Deuce Is in Him, The Lilliputian Camp No No No £174 6d 46% N/A
30 Mar 1767 Drury Lane The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Deuce Is in Him, The Vintage Yes No Yes £281 15s 43% N/A
06 Apr 1767 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Deuce Is in Him, The Vintage, Linco's Travels No No Yes £67 2s N/A N/A
19 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Deuce Is in Him, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Jan 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Deuce is in Him No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1768 Drury Lane False Delicacy, The Deuce Is in Him, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Feb 1768 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Deuce Is in Him, The Wake No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1768 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Deuce Is in Him, The Albion Song, Minuet, The Medley Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1768 Drury Lane Cymon, The Deuce Is in Him No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1768 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Deuce is in Him, The Irish Haymakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1769 Drury Lane The School For Rakes, The Deuce Is in Him, The Irish Haymakers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1769 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Deuce Is in Him, Hornpipe, Hearts of Oak No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1769 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Deuce Is in Him, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1770 Drury Lane King Arthur, The Deuce Is in Him No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1771 Covent Garden Barbarossa, The Deuce Is in Him, The Corsican Sailor's Punch House No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1771 Covent Garden Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave, The Deuce Is in Him, New Comic Dance, Allemande, The Old ground Young No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1771 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Deuce Is in Him, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1771 Drury Lane The Jealous Wife, The Deuce Is in Him, Hornpipe, Bucks Have at Ye All, The Shepherds Frolic No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1771 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Deuce Is in Him, The Sailors' Revels, Comic Dance No Yes No £233 6s 49% N/A
02 Nov 1771 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Deuce Is in Him, The Jealous Woodcutters No No No £102 6s 6d N/A N/A
28 Jan 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, The Deuce Is in Him, The Sailors' Revels No No No £183 15s 61% N/A
07 May 1772 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Deuce Is in Him, The Sailors' Revels No No Yes £179 18s 6d 37% N/A
27 May 1772 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Deuce Is in Him, The Old Ground Young No No Yes £277 7s 6d 53% N/A
21 Sep 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, The Deuce Is in Him, Fingalian Dance, Preceded New Occasional Prelude, Double Hornpipe No No No £199 5s 100% N/A
06 Nov 1772 Covent Garden King Henry VIII, The Deuce Is in Him No No No £223 13s 6d 59% N/A
17 Nov 1772 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Deuce Is in Him, The Recruits No No No £120 4s 44% N/A
25 Nov 1772 Covent Garden Elfrida, The Deuce is in Him, The Recruits Yes No No £175 2s 53% N/A
23 Mar 1773 Drury Lane The Double Dealer, The Deuce Is in Him, Comic Dance No No Yes £207 6s 43% N/A
13 Apr 1773 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Deuce Is in Him No No Yes £247 1s 6d 65% N/A
18 Oct 1773 Drury Lane Alfred, The Deuce is in Him No No No £106 16s 6d 42% N/A
08 Dec 1773 Covent Garden Elfrida, The Deuce Is in Him, The Lamplighter, The Old Ground Young No Yes No £208 12s 6d 57% N/A
28 Dec 1773 Drury Lane A Christmas Tale, The Deuce Is in Him No No No £155 1s 6d 48% N/A
11 Jan 1774 Drury Lane A Christmas Tale, The Deuce Is in Him No No Yes £174 3s N/A N/A
12 Jan 1774 Covent Garden King Henry II, The Deuce Is in Him, The Highland Reel No No No £189 1s 6d 42% N/A
28 Sep 1774 Covent Garden Love In A Village, The Deuce Is in Him, The Provencale No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1774 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, The Deuce Is in Him No No No £254 12s N/A N/A
25 Jan 1775 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Deuce Is in Him No Yes No £266 11s N/A N/A
28 Feb 1775 Drury Lane The Maid Of The Oaks, The Deuce Is in Him No No No £209 16s N/A N/A
27 Sep 1775 Covent Garden The Maid Of The Mill, The Deuce Is in Him, The Pilgrim No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Dec 1775 Covent Garden The West Indian, The Deuce Is in Him, The Gamesters No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Jan 1776 Covent Garden Douglas, The Deuce Is in Him, The Italian Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Feb 1776 Drury Lane The Runaway, The Deuce Is in Him No No Yes £250 16s 6d N/A N/A
22 Feb 1776 Covent Garden King Lear, The Deuce Is in Him, The Frolick No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1776 Drury Lane King Lear, The Deuce Is in Him No No No £309 13s 6d N/A N/A
30 May 1776 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Deuce Is in Him, The Grand Garland Dance No No Yes £85 8s 6d N/A N/A
29 May 1777 Covent Garden A Word To The Wise, The Deuce is in Him, Diana No No Yes £109 17s 18% N/A
29 Nov 1777 Drury Lane King John, The Deuce is in Him No No No £144 12s 6d 43% N/A
17 Jan 1778 Drury Lane Cymon, The Deuce is in Him, Dance of Cupids, Overture, Dance of Daemons, Grand Ballet No No No £226 6s 6d 52% N/A
21 Oct 1779 Drury Lane Cymon, The Deuce is In Him, Dance of Cupids, Dance of Daemons No No No £162 19s 100% N/A
18 Dec 1779 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Deuce is in Him No No Yes £239 2s 34% N/A
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