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 %
24 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
13 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1755 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Devil to Pay, Pantomime Dance No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1756 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1756 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £170 N/A N/A
20 Apr 1756 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Devil to Pay, New Sailors' Dance Yes No Yes £270 N/A N/A
01 May 1756 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
20 May 1756 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
12 Oct 1756 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay No No No £170 N/A N/A
20 Oct 1756 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay No No No £170 N/A N/A
06 Nov 1756 Drury Lane The Wonder Or A Woman Keeps A Secret, The Devil to Pay, The Press Gang No No No £160 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1756 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Nov 1756 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Jan 1757 Covent Garden The Mourning Bride, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay No No No £200 N/A N/A
12 Mar 1757 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £200 N/A N/A
30 Apr 1757 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1757 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1757 Drury Lane King Henry VIII, The Devil to Pay No No No £120 100% N/A
11 Oct 1757 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Devil to Pay, The Italian Peasants No No No £200 100% N/A
01 Nov 1757 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay, The Italian Peasants No No No £160 67% N/A
18 Nov 1757 Covent Garden The Suspicious Husband, The Devil to Pay, Jovial Coopers No No No £74 15s 27% N/A
09 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Distress'd Mother, The Devil to Pay, Jovial Coopers No No Yes £170 22% N/A
20 Dec 1757 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Devil to Pay, Fingalian Dance No No No £146 7s 6d 44% N/A
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