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 %
13 May 1737 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, Wooden Shoes, Hornpipe, New Scotch Dance, Turkish Dance, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1737 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, The Lady's Lamentation, Hornpipe, Grecian Sailors, Minuet, The Prince of Wales's Saraband No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 May 1737 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 May 1737 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Harlequin, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Aug 1737 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay No No No £115 100% N/A
01 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Devil to Pay No No No £65 100% N/A
03 Sep 1737 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay No No No £49 100% N/A
06 Sep 1737 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Devil to Pay No No No £62 100% N/A
13 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay No No No £80 100% N/A
15 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay No No No £64 100% N/A
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