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 %
02 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Rover Or The Banished Cavaliers, The Devil to Pay, Les Paisons Moisonneurs, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1743 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay, Les Paisons Moisonneurs, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1743 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Jan 1744 Covent Garden Julius Caesar, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1744 Covent Garden 2 Henry IV With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1744 Covent Garden Othello, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1744 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, The Devil to Pay No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1744 Covent Garden Julius Caesar, The Devil to Pay, Bumper Squire Jones, Mary Scot Yes Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1744 Covent Garden Abramule Or Love And Empire, The Devil to Pay, Ballet, Genius of England, Scotch Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Mar 1744 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay, Scotch Dance, To Arms, Britons Strike Home No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1744 Drury Lane Sir Courtly Nice Or It Cannot Be, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosed No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay, The Amorous Swain, Grand Ballet, Les Jardiniers Suedois No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1744 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1744 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1744 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1744 Drury Lane The Miser, The Devil to Pay, Concerto on violoncello No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
10 May 1744 Covent Garden Henry VIII, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1744 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1744 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1744 Drury Lane Henry IV With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1744 Covent Garden As You Like It, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosed No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1744 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1744 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1744 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1744 Drury Lane Cato, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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