*p1767 03 07 dl Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. Leon-Garrick; Duke-Havard; Cacafoggo-Love; Juan-Packer; Sancho-Aickin; Copper Captain-Palmer; Alonzo-Ackman; Altea-Mrs Lee; Margaretta-Mrs Hopkins; Old Woman-Baddeley; Maid-Weston; Estifania-Mrs Pritchard.*a1767 03 07 dl The Devil to Pay. ^As17660920^, but Lady Loverule-Miss Pearce.*c1767 03 07 dl [<i>R+Rich's Register</i> lists <i>The English Merchant</i>.] Paid $Blandford= (tallow chandler) #49 8s. 10d. Paid $George Garrick= for use of the managers #15 15s.; Paid $French= on account #20; Advanced to $Granier= on note #4 2s. 10d.; to $Keen= on note #4 4s. Rec'd stopages 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). $Sylas Neville= (<i>Neville MS Diary</i>): With difficulty got into the Pit at <i>Drury Lane</i>, where I stood at the side so jambed up that I could not read the newspaper I carried: But I saw the play very well. It was <i>Rule a Wife and Have a Wife</i>, with the Farce of the <i>Devil to Pay</i>. <i>Duke</i>r by $Havard=, <i>Cacafago</i>r by $Love=, very well. <i>Copper Capt.</i>r by $Palmer=, pretty well. <i>Old woman</i>r pretty well by $Mrs Baddeley=, <i>Astifania</i>r by $Mrs Pritchard= excellently, tho she is too old for the first part of this character. <i>Leon</i>r inimitably by $Garrick=. I think he shows a good deal of <i>Abel drugger</i>r, [both published and unpublished portions of the Neville Diary.] Receipts: #261 15s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book).