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 %
28 Jan 1742 Drury Lane The Committee, The Devil to Pay, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Concerto, Happy Pair, The Italian Peasants Yes No No £45 N/A N/A
05 Feb 1742 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Devil to Pay, Les Matelotes, Dutch Dance, Hornpipe, The Italian Peasants No No No £45 N/A N/A
02 Mar 1742 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, The Devil to Pay, Concerto, The Drunken Peasant, The Italian Peasants Yes No No £70 N/A N/A
16 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Relapse, The Devil to Pay, Celia Has Ten Thousand Charms, Concerto, Bright Author Of My Present Flame, Happy Pair, The French Peasants No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
27 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, New Serious Dance, Dutch Dance, Le Boufon No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1742 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, The Italian Peasants, Bumper Squire Jones, Le Boufon, Sweet Bird Yes No Yes £180 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1742 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay, Let Me Wander Not Unseen, Dutch Dance, Bumper Squire Jones, The Swiss No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
11 May 1742 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £240 N/A N/A
14 Sep 1742 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Devil to Pay No No No £84 18s 100% N/A
18 Sep 1742 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay No No No £73 6s 6d 100% N/A
15 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Dec 1742 Drury Lane The Tender Husband, The Devil to Pay, Tyrolean Dance, Peasant Dance No No No £27 11s N/A N/A
01 Jan 1743 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, Concerto on violoncello, Concerto No No No £34 14s N/A N/A
17 Jan 1743 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Devil to Pay, Concerto on German flute, Concerto Yes No No £133 3s 6d N/A N/A
27 Jan 1743 Drury Lane The Rival Queens Or Alexander The Great, The Devil to Pay, Concerto on German flute No No No £74 9s N/A N/A
09 Feb 1743 Drury Lane The Committee, The Devil to Pay, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardiners No Yes No £84 17s 6d N/A N/A
12 Mar 1743 Drury Lane King Lear, The Devil to Pay No No No £127 6d N/A N/A
20 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil To Pay, Stella and Flavia, Concerto on German flute, Grand Serious Ballet, Bumper Squire Jones Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Devil To Pay, Grand Serious Ballet, Concerto, Sicilian Peasant No No Yes £25 2s 6d N/A N/A
07 May 1743 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, La Florana No No No £30 11s 2d 100% N/A
05 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush, The Devil to Pay or the Wives Metamorphosed, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Devil to Pay, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Mistake Or The Lovers Quarrel, The Devil to Pay, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The London Cuckolds, The Devil to Pay, Les Paisons Moisonneurs, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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