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 %
31 Dec 1735 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay, Revellers, Tambourine, Venetian Gondolier and Courtezan No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Jan 1736 Drury Lane The Twin Rivals, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Dutchman and Frow, Tambourine, The Rover Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Jan 1736 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Tambourine, The Raver No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1736 Covent Garden King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Devil to Pay, Glover's Scots Dance, French Peasant, Tambourine No No Yes £110 17s 6d N/A N/A
25 Feb 1736 Drury Lane Timon Of Athens, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Feb 1736 Drury Lane Greenwich Park, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1736 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierrots, French Peasant, Scots Dance No No Yes £98 16s N/A N/A
25 Mar 1736 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Devil to Pay, Clown, French Peasants, Louvre, Minuet, Tambourine Yes No Yes £213 5s N/A N/A
13 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Harlequine, Peasants Yes No Yes £65 11s N/A N/A
03 May 1736 Covent Garden The Committee, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierrots, The Confession, Sailors, Tambourine No No Yes £170 3s N/A N/A
08 May 1736 Drury Lane Volpone, The Devil to Pay, Venetian Gondolier, German Peasant, Les Rigadoons a la Provencale originale No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1736 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, French Peasant, Ball Dance, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes £116 15s N/A N/A
17 May 1736 Drury Lane Henry IV Part I, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1736 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierrots, Peasant, Scots Dance No No Yes £82 15s 6d N/A N/A
20 May 1736 Drury Lane Henry IV Part II, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Minuet, Rigadoon, Rover, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 May 1736 Covent Garden The Mistake, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Polonese, Two Pierrots No No Yes £132 12s N/A N/A
27 May 1736 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, The Devil to Pay, Scots Dance, English Maggot, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Sep 1736 Covent Garden Theodosius Or The Force Of Love, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Sep 1736 Drury Lane The Squire Of Alsatia, The Devil to Pay, Double Jealousy, Peasants No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Sep 1736 Drury Lane The Squire Of Alsatia, The Devil to Pay, Black Joak, Drunken Peasant No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Oct 1736 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Devil to Pay, Clown, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1736 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Drunken Peasant, Rover Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
30 Oct 1736 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Drunken Peasant, Rover No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Nov 1736 Drury Lane The Wife's Relief, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Dutchman and his Frow No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1736 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Devil to Pay, French Peasant, Glover's Scots Dance, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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