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 %
30 Apr 1733 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay, Musette, Hornpipe, La Mariee, Minuet, Scottish Dance, The Mattelot No No Yes £169 7s 6d N/A N/A
08 May 1733 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierrots, Water Music, The Amorous Clowns or the Courtesans, A Grand Overture, Fingalian, Scotch Dance, Tambourine No No Yes £240 5s N/A N/A
10 May 1733 Drury Lane Venice Preserved, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1733 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Fingalian, Mock Minuet No No Yes £63 10s 6d N/A N/A
15 May 1733 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1733 Covent Garden The Confederacy, The Devil to Pay, Musette, Scottish Dance No No Yes £135 19s N/A N/A
23 May 1733 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Jul 1733 Covent Garden Sophonisba Or Hannibal's Overthrow, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jul 1733 Covent Garden Sophonisba, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Aug 1733 Covent Garden The Devil To Pay, The Stage Mutineers, Moors' Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
Download Export