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 %
14 Dec 1736 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Devil to Pay, Dutchman and Frow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1737 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay, Dublin Maggot, The Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino, Russian Sailor, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The London Cuckolds, The Devil to Pay, Clown, Rosy Bowers, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailor, Hippisley's Drunken Man, Since Times Are So Bad No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Devil to Pay, Scots Dance, Comic Dance, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Distrest Mother, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Double Gallant, The Devil to Pay, Dublin Maggot, Drunken Peasant, English Maggot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Tender Husband, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Grand Ballet, Grand Ballet of Sailors, Minuet, Turkish Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1737 Covent Garden The Distrest Mother, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierrots, The Lady's Lamentation, Caelia has a Thousand Charms, Drunken Man, Fingalian, Grecian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1737 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar, The Devil to Pay, Harlequin, Minuet, Wooden Shoe Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1737 Drury Lane Cato, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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