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 %
20 May 1740 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Devil To Pay, Pierots, Drunken Peasant, Hornpipe, Le Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 Sep 1740 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Sep 1740 Drury Lane King Richard The Third, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1740 Drury Lane The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger, The Devil to Pay, L'Allemande No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1740 Drury Lane Julius Caesar, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
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