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 %
17 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Miser, The Devil to Pay No No No £82 100% N/A
24 Sep 1737 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay, The Peasants No No No £85 100% N/A
27 Sep 1737 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay, Grand Ballet No No No £75 100% N/A
01 Oct 1737 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Devil to Pay No No No £83 100% N/A
04 Oct 1737 Drury Lane Cato, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Oct 1737 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Devil to Pay, The Peasants No No No £89 100% N/A
20 Oct 1737 Drury Lane King Henry The Fourth Part II, The Devil to Pay, Grand Ballet in Grotesque Characters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Nov 1737 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Nov 1737 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, Flanderkins, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Jan 1738 Drury Lane The Plain Dealer, The Devil to Pay, Flanderkins, Ballet Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
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