The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed (1731)

Author
John Mottley
Author
Charles Coffey
Work Type
Afterpiece
Genre
Ballad Opera/Burletta/Opera
Performance Medium
Musical
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
£58,250 6d £6,691 2s (11.5%) £51,558 18s 6d (88.5%)
1732 - 1809
£58,250 6d - (100%) £6,691 2s (11.5%) £51,558 18s 6d (88.5%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
709 207 502
1732 - 1809
709 207 502
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
14 Oct 1732 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd, New Scots Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1732 Drury Lane Greenwich Park Or The Merry Citizens, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Tambourine No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Oct 1732 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Dutchwoman, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Nov 1732 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Devil to Pay, Les Bergeries Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1732 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Grand Dance of Moors, Scots Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1732 Drury Lane The Committee, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1733 Drury Lane The Man Of Mode, The Devil to Pay Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1733 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1733 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Jan 1733 Drury Lane The Committee, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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