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 %
04 Dec 1753 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Devil to Pay, Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1753 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, L'Entree de Flore, Hornpipe, New Dutch Dance No No Yes £30 N/A N/A
11 Feb 1754 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £170 N/A N/A
28 Mar 1754 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay, Rise Glory Yes No Yes £280 N/A N/A
27 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Devil to Pay, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1754 Covent Garden King Henry V, The Devil to Pay, Jenny Bright as the Day, Italian Peasants, No Never No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1754 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Devil to Pay, Italian Peasants, Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1754 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe (to tune of Ali Croaker) No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
18 Sep 1754 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1754 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay No No No £50 100% N/A
24 Sep 1754 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £110 100% N/A
21 Oct 1754 Covent Garden Othello, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1754 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay No No No £200 N/A N/A
16 Dec 1754 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
31 Jan 1755 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Devil to Pay No No No £170 N/A N/A
10 Apr 1755 Drury Lane Creusa, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance, Rule Britannia, New Comic Dance No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
11 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
18 Apr 1755 Drury Lane The Mistake, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance No No Yes £147 N/A N/A
22 Apr 1755 Drury Lane Coriolanus, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance, Minuet No No Yes £120 N/A N/A
20 Sep 1755 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride, The Devil to Pay No No No £150 100% N/A
01 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, New Comic Dance No No No £90 N/A N/A
28 Oct 1755 Drury Lane Merope, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1755 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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