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 %
07 May 1751 Covent Garden All For Love, The Devil to Pay, The Characters of Dancing, Drunken Peasant, La Paisane No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1751 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, Characters of Dancing, La Paisanne No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1751 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £70 100% N/A
25 Sep 1751 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1751 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No No £100 N/A N/A
11 Oct 1751 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Devil to Pay, Pigmalion No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Hamlet, The Devil to Pay No No No £130 N/A N/A
25 Oct 1751 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay No No No £110 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1751 Covent Garden Zara, The Devil to Pay, Dutch Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1751 Drury Lane Every Man In His Humour, The Devil to Pay No No No £170 N/A N/A
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