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 %
26 Mar 1768 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Devil to Pay, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1768 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £192 3s N/A N/A
11 Oct 1768 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay, The Royal Garland No No No £173 17s 6d N/A N/A
06 Jan 1769 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Devil to Pay, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1769 Drury Lane The School For Rakes, The Devil to Pay, The Wake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Apr 1769 Covent Garden The Wonder, The Devil to Pay, The Florist, Allemand, Double Hornpipe, Minuet, New Tripple Hornpipe, The Garland, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £173 11s N/A N/A
25 Apr 1769 Covent Garden Cymbeline, The Devil to Pay, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £180 15s 6d N/A N/A
06 May 1769 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, Minuet Yes No Yes £135 9s 6d N/A N/A
12 May 1769 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Devil to Pay, Double Hornpipe, Minuet No No Yes £172 9s N/A N/A
18 May 1769 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1769 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, Rural Love Yes No No £75 13s N/A N/A
06 Dec 1769 Covent Garden The Brothers, The Devil to Pay, The Whim No No No £143 9s 6d N/A N/A
13 Feb 1770 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Rabbit Sellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 May 1770 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Devil to Pay, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £211 15s 6d N/A N/A
22 Sep 1770 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1770 Drury Lane Cymon, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1771 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Devil to Pay, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1771 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1771 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Tartars No No No £132 6s 100% N/A
06 Nov 1771 Covent Garden Tamerlane, The Devil to Pay, The Jovial Gardners No No No £97 12s 6d 35% N/A
12 Dec 1771 Covent Garden Zobeide, The Devil to Pay No No No £151 14s 48% N/A
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