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 Apr 1804 Drury Lane Love for Love, The Devil to Pay No No No £162 7s 6d 36% N/A
09 May 1804 Drury Lane Douglas, The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed No No Yes £302 15s 6d 41% N/A
06 Jun 1804 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Devil to Pay, Robinson Crusoe, Lightly Tripping on the Green, Poor Kate Who Sells Sweet Briar No No Yes £92 6s 6d N/A N/A
18 Sep 1804 Drury Lane She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed No No No £272 10s 6d 100% N/A
06 Nov 1804 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Devil to Pay; or, The Waves Metamorphosed No No No £190 12s 6d 40% N/A
19 Dec 1804 Drury Lane Stranger, The Devil to Pay No No No £142 4s 28% N/A
02 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Douglas, The Devil to Pay No No No £647 2s 66% N/A
07 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Romeo & Juliet, Devil to Pay No No No £664 5s 6d 66% N/A
28 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Douglas, The United Britons, The Devil to Pay No No No £670 1s 6d 68% N/A
10 May 1805 Drury Lane The Honey Moon, The Devil to Pay No No No £214 10s 32% N/A
13 Jun 1805 Drury Lane Honey Moon, Devil to Pay No No Yes £85 1s 6d N/A N/A
07 Oct 1805 Drury Lane Romeo & Juliet, Devil to Pay No No No £218 9s 43% N/A
26 Oct 1805 Drury Lane The Wheel of Fortune, The Devil to Pay No No No £120 8s 30% N/A
19 Nov 1805 Covent Garden The Delinquent; or, Seeing Company, The Devil to Pay, Dermot and Kathlane No No No £135 16s 32% N/A
18 Jan 1806 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Devil to Pay No No No £316 16s 57% N/A
25 Feb 1806 Drury Lane Douglas, The Devil to Pay No No No £360 11s 6d 56% N/A
06 Jun 1806 Drury Lane Castle Spectre, Devil to Pay, Mountain Robbers No No Yes £103 12s N/A N/A
25 Oct 1806 Drury Lane School for Scandal, Devil to Pay No No No £261 8s 100% N/A
21 Feb 1807 Drury Lane The Curfew, The Devil to Pay No No No £358 12s 6d 49% N/A
12 May 1807 Drury Lane Adelgitha, The Devil to Pay No No No £296 11s 6d 43% N/A
03 Jun 1807 Drury Lane Birth Day, Devil to Pay, Midas No No Yes £634 18s 6d 33% N/A
15 Jun 1807 Drury Lane Mountaineers, Devil to Pay No No Yes £57 12s N/A N/A
17 Jun 1807 Drury Lane The Birthday, The Fair Circassian, The Devil to Pay, The Bay of Biscay O!, The Storm No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1807 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Devil to Pay No No No £329 7s N/A N/A
04 Feb 1808 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Devil to Pay No No No £276 6d N/A N/A
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