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 %
12 Sep 1741 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Devil to Pay No No No £100 100% N/A
06 Oct 1741 Drury Lane The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £110 100% N/A
08 Oct 1741 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay No No No £83 N/A N/A
10 Oct 1741 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay, The Swiss, The Peasant No No No £40 N/A N/A
20 Oct 1741 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, The Devil to Pay, Happy Pair, Ballet, Non Ch' Amarmi, Sailors Dance Yes No No £60 N/A N/A
28 Jan 1742 Drury Lane The Committee, The Devil to Pay, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Concerto, Happy Pair, The Italian Peasants Yes No No £45 N/A N/A
05 Feb 1742 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Devil to Pay, Les Matelotes, Dutch Dance, Hornpipe, The Italian Peasants No No No £45 N/A N/A
02 Mar 1742 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, The Devil to Pay, Concerto, The Drunken Peasant, The Italian Peasants Yes No No £70 N/A N/A
16 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Relapse, The Devil to Pay, Celia Has Ten Thousand Charms, Concerto, Bright Author Of My Present Flame, Happy Pair, The French Peasants No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
27 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, New Serious Dance, Dutch Dance, Le Boufon No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
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