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 %
16 May 1739 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay, Punches Dance, Happy Pair, Minuet, Pierots Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1739 Drury Lane The Beaux Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, Concerto, Punches, 3rd concerto, French Peasants, Pierots, Wooden Shoe Dance Yes Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Sep 1739 Drury Lane Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Sep 1739 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Sep 1739 Drury Lane Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered, The Devil to Pay, Ethiopian Dance, The Modern Free Masons' Song No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Oct 1739 Covent Garden The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance, Ballet, Grecian Sailors, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Oct 1739 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Devil to Pay, Pierots, Turkish Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Nov 1739 Covent Garden The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger, The Devil to Pay, Genius of England, Comic Ballet, Faithful Lovers, Noontide Air No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Mar 1740 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Le Tambourine, Would You Taste the Noontide Air, Ballet Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Mar 1740 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay, La Matelote, Would You Taste the Noontide, Nel Pugnar Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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