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 %
05 May 1748 Drury Lane The Lover's Melancholy, The Devil to Pay, Savoyards, Les Characteres de la Dance, Pastoral Dance Yes No No £34 2s 6d N/A N/A
20 Sep 1748 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, Savoyards No No No £95 3s 100% N/A
22 Sep 1748 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune, The Devil to Pay, Overture to Rodelinda, Savoyards No No No £91 13s 100% N/A
28 Sep 1748 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1748 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, The Devil to Pay, Savoyards No No No £94 5s 100% N/A
12 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1748 Covent Garden Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discoverd, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1748 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Devil to Pay, Vertumnus and Pomona No No No £130 19s N/A N/A
11 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, L'Entree de Flore No No No £103 9s 6d N/A N/A
12 Nov 1748 Covent Garden Cato, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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