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 %
29 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1749 Drury Lane Merope, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £176 14s 6d 100% N/A
09 May 1749 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe, Drunken Peasant No No Yes £148 N/A N/A
22 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £140 100% N/A
27 Sep 1749 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Devil to Pay No No No £77 8s 6d 100% N/A
30 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £60 100% N/A
05 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £170 100% N/A
09 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Devil to Pay No No No £99 4s 100% N/A
14 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay No No No £140 80% N/A
14 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay No No No £35 15s 6d 20% N/A
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