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 %
14 Feb 1758 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay, Jovial Coopers Yes No No £185 1s 6d 49% N/A
05 Apr 1758 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
11 Apr 1758 Covent Garden King Henry IV, The Devil to Pay, Spanish Dance, Dutch Dance, Minuet, New Peasant Dance, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes £172 4s 6d N/A N/A
20 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1758 Drury Lane King Henry IV Part II, The Devil to Pay, The Prussian Camp No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
18 Sep 1758 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No £65 15s 6d 100% N/A
23 Sep 1758 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Devil to Pay No No No £174 6d 100% N/A
06 Oct 1758 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay No No No £112 9s 6d 61% N/A
26 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Devil to Pay, The Threshers No No No £36 10s 6d 23% N/A
09 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, The Threshers No No Yes £257 9s 6d 35% N/A
05 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Ambitious Stepmother, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £171 18s 62% N/A
13 Mar 1759 Drury Lane Eurydice, The Devil to Pay, The Prussian Camp No No No £157 4s 6d 46% N/A
11 May 1759 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Devil to Pay, The Milkmaid's Holiday No No Yes £231 2s N/A N/A
24 Sep 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay No No No £111 5s 100% N/A
18 Dec 1759 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, The Dutch Skipper, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £178 10s 6d N/A N/A
16 May 1760 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Devil to Pay, The Fingalian Dance, The Knife Sharpeners No No Yes £238 5s N/A N/A
06 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No No No £117 15s 100% N/A
10 Oct 1760 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Devil to Pay, The Pedlar Tricked, The Cossacks No No No £71 11s N/A N/A
22 Nov 1760 Drury Lane The Minor, The Devil to Pay, The Mad Doctor, The Prussian Camp No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1760 Drury Lane The Minor, The Devil to Pay, The Colliers, The Prussian Camp No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Devil to Pay, The Waggoners, Hornpipe No No Yes £145 8s N/A N/A
29 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, The Devil to Pay, The New Comic Dance No No Yes £224 15s N/A N/A
15 May 1761 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £213 9s N/A N/A
09 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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