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 %
02 Oct 1746 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Devil To Pay Yes No No £60 100% N/A
04 Oct 1746 Drury Lane Othello Moor Of Venice, The Devil to Pay No No No £168 80% N/A
18 Oct 1746 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £110 100% N/A
25 Oct 1746 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay No No No £59 100% N/A
28 Oct 1746 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay No Yes No £160 100% N/A
19 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No No £50 22% N/A
15 Jan 1747 Drury Lane 1 Henry IV, The Devil to Pay No No No £80 44% N/A
28 Feb 1747 Drury Lane The Refusal, The Devil to Pay No No No £40 27% N/A
23 Mar 1747 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day No No Yes £202 14s N/A N/A
04 May 1747 Drury Lane The Artful Husband, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
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