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
£70,991 8s 3d £12,796 16s (18%) £58,194 12s 3d (82%)
1732 - 1809
£70,991 8s 3d - (100%) £12,796 16s (18%) £58,194 12s 3d (82%)
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 %
25 May 1736 Covent Garden The Mistake, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Polonese, Two Pierrots No No Yes £132 12s N/A N/A
27 May 1736 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, The Devil to Pay, Scots Dance, English Maggot, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Sep 1736 Covent Garden Theodosius Or The Force Of Love, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1736 Drury Lane The Squire Of Alsatia, The Devil to Pay, Double Jealousy, Peasants No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1736 Drury Lane The Squire Of Alsatia, The Devil to Pay, Black Joak, Drunken Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1736 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Devil to Pay, Clown, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1736 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Drunken Peasant, Rover Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1736 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Drunken Peasant, Rover No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Wife's Relief, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Dutchman and his Frow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1736 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Devil to Pay, French Peasant, Glover's Scots Dance, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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