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 %
09 Dec 1740 Drury Lane The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Le Boufon Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1740 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Le Boufon No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Dec 1740 Drury Lane Julius Caesar, The Devil to Pay, Le Boufon, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Shepherd and Shepherdesses Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Jan 1741 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, Le Boufon, Les Matelotes, Les Sabotiers No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Jan 1741 Covent Garden Henry IV Part I, The Devil to Pay, Miller and His Wife, Yorkshire Maggot No No Yes £59 4s 6d N/A N/A
09 Feb 1741 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Devil to Pay, Les Sabotiers, L'Hydropique Amoreux, Les Egyptiens No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Mar 1741 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay, La Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
31 Mar 1741 Drury Lane Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias, The Devil to Pay, Les Tambourine Matelotes, La Tambourine No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1741 Drury Lane The Pilgrim, The Devil to Pay, La Tambourine, Grand Serious Ballet, Les Tambourine Matelotes, Shepherds and Shepherdesses No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Apr 1741 Drury Lane King Henry The Fourth Part I, The Devil to Pay, L'Allemande, Mary Scot, Grand Ballet, New Tambourine, Shepherds and Shepherdesses No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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