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 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar, The Devil to Pay, Je ne scai quoy, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1738 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Drunken Peasant, La Pieraite, Maggot, Punch No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1738 Drury Lane The Man Of Mode, The Devil to Pay, Flanderkins, Ballet, La Pieraite, Punch No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1738 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Devil to Pay, Punch, Hornpipe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1738 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Devil to Pay, Maggot, Drunken Peasant, Grand Ballet, Polish Dance, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1738 Drury Lane Othello Moor Of Venice, The Devil to Pay, La Pieraite, Drunken Peasant, Flanderkins Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1738 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, Flanderkins, Grand Ballet, La Pieraite, Russian Sailor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1738 Drury Lane The Committee, The Devil to Pay, Saraband, French Peasant, Grand Ballet in Comic Characters, La Pieraite, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1738 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Devil to Pay, Flanderkins, Comic Dance, Two Pierrots Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Jun 1738 Covent Garden The Gamester, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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