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 Feb 1743 Drury Lane The Committee, The Devil to Pay, Neopolitan Punch, Italian Gardiners No Yes No £84 17s 6d N/A N/A
12 Mar 1743 Drury Lane King Lear, The Devil to Pay No No No £127 6d N/A N/A
20 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil To Pay, Stella and Flavia, Concerto on German flute, Grand Serious Ballet, Bumper Squire Jones Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Apr 1743 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Devil To Pay, Grand Serious Ballet, Concerto, Sicilian Peasant No No Yes £25 2s 6d N/A N/A
07 May 1743 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay, Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, La Florana No No No £30 11s 2d 100% N/A
05 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush, The Devil to Pay or the Wives Metamorphosed, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Devil to Pay, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The Mistake Or The Lovers Quarrel, The Devil to Pay, Serious Ballet, New Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Oct 1743 Covent Garden The London Cuckolds, The Devil to Pay, Les Paisons Moisonneurs, Scotch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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