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 %
08 Dec 1748 Covent Garden Julius Caesar, The Devil to Pay Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay No No No £139 6d N/A N/A
19 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay No No No £179 15s N/A N/A
19 Jan 1749 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £103 4s 6d N/A N/A
31 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Devil to Pay, New Scotch Dance No No No £154 11s 6d N/A N/A
04 Mar 1749 Covent Garden The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee, The Devil to Pay Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1749 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £289 N/A N/A
13 Mar 1749 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1749 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay, Sailors Revels, Hornpipe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1749 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Devil to Pay, Comic dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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