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 %
22 Jan 1739 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Jan 1739 Drury Lane Amphitryon, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Mar 1739 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1739 Drury Lane The Lady's Last Stake Or The Wifes Resentment, The Devil to Pay, Grand Ballet, Aethiopian Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1739 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay, Pierots, Aethiopian Dance, Grand Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Mar 1739 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Devil to Pay, Punch Dance, See from the Silent Groves, Pierots, Turkish Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 Apr 1739 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, Punches Dance, Wou'd You Taste the Noontide Air, Comic Dance, Oh Happy Pair, Turkish Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1739 Covent Garden The Twin Rivals, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierots, Comic Dance, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1739 Drury Lane Cato, The Devil to Pay, Ethiopian Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1739 Covent Garden The Country Lasses, The Devil to Pay, Water Music, Two Pierots, Grecian Sailors, Hornpipe, Je ne scai quoy Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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