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 %
25 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Drummer Or The Haunted House, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosed, The Subscription No No No £39 18s 6d N/A N/A
26 Nov 1745 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Devil to Pay, Grand Comic Dance, The Subscription No No No £40 7s 6d N/A N/A
05 Dec 1745 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Devil to Pay, The Subscription No No No £41 16s 6d N/A N/A
09 Dec 1745 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay No No No £131 7s 6d 100% N/A
30 Dec 1745 Covent Garden Timon Of Athens, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Jan 1746 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband, The Devil to Pay No No No £42 9s N/A N/A
22 Feb 1746 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay No No No £37 14s 6d N/A N/A
01 Mar 1746 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay, My Faith and Truth No No Yes £49 5s N/A N/A
04 Apr 1746 Drury Lane The Lying Lover Or The Ladies' Friendship, The Devil to Pay, Italian Peasants No No Yes £22 8s 4d N/A N/A
27 Sep 1746 Drury Lane Sir Courtly Nice Or It Cannot Be, The Devil to Pay No No No £60 100% N/A
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