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 %
24 Sep 1733 Drury Lane Aesop, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Sep 1733 Drury Lane Aesop, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, English Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Sep 1733 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Sep 1733 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Scottish Dance, Two Pierrots No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Dec 1733 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Drunken Peasant, Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1734 Drury Lane The Cornish Squire, The Devil to Pay, The Harlots Progress No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1734 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Devil to Pay, Polish Dance, Grand Dance in Momus, Les Plaisirs Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1734 Drury Lane The Relapse, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Dutch Woman, Pierrots, Polonese, Revellers Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1734 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Clown, English Maggot, Revellers, Watteau No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1734 Drury Lane The Tender Husband, The Devil to Pay, Scots Dance, English Maggot Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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