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 %
11 Oct 1751 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Devil to Pay, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Devil to Pay No No No £130 N/A N/A
25 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay No No No £110 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1751 Covent Garden Zara, The Devil to Pay, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1751 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Devil to Pay No No No £170 N/A N/A
21 Jan 1752 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Devil to Pay, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1752 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Sep 1752 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay, Go Rose No No No £140 100% N/A
29 Sep 1752 Covent Garden The Revenge, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1752 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, The Matelot Basque No No No £80 100% N/A
24 Nov 1752 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No No £200 N/A N/A
08 Dec 1752 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Devil to Pay No No No £220 N/A N/A
12 Dec 1752 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Devil to Pay No No No £170 N/A N/A
23 Dec 1752 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Devil to Pay, Il Pastore, Il Morlaco No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Devil to Pay, Grand Scots Ballet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Devil to Pay, Les Chassuers Allemandes, Grand Scots Ballet, Louvre, Minuet, The Grecian Sailors Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1753 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay, Le Matelot Basque, Country Amusements No No Yes £270 N/A N/A
27 Apr 1753 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1753 Covent Garden Wit Without Money, The Devil to Pay, Les Charboniers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1753 Covent Garden The Siege Of Damascus, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Sep 1753 Drury Lane The Non juror, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe No No No £60 100% N/A
24 Sep 1753 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Oct 1753 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Devil to Pay No No No £160 N/A N/A
10 Nov 1753 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £150 N/A N/A
28 Nov 1753 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £210 N/A N/A
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