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 %
18 Sep 1761 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay, Minuet, Les Charboniers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1762 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, The Cossacks No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1762 Covent Garden The City Wives Confederacy, The Devil to Pay, The Pierrots, The Taylors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1762 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1762 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Devil to Pay, Hearts of Oak No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Oct 1762 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Sabotiers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1762 Drury Lane The Mistake, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1762 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Devil to Pay, The Pedlar Tricked, The Swedish Gardeners No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1762 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Jan 1763 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay, The Irish Lilt No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1763 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1763 Drury Lane Zara, The Devil to Pay, Old Fool, or The Farmer Trick'd, Dutch Dance, Hornpipe, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
07 May 1763 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance, La Provenciale No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1763 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Oct 1763 Drury Lane Philaster, The Devil to Pay No No No £164 16s 6d N/A N/A
22 Mar 1764 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £232 12s 6d N/A N/A
24 Apr 1764 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Devil to Pay, The Provancalle, The Irish Lilt No No Yes £61 4s N/A N/A
14 May 1764 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe, The Dutch Skippers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Sep 1764 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Oct 1764 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Devil to Pay, Les Mattelots, La Femme Maitresse, Provencals No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1764 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay, The Lamplighters No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Jan 1765 Drury Lane King Lear, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Jan 1765 Drury Lane The Rival Queens, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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