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 %
04 Dec 1753 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Devil to Pay, Italian Peasants No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Dec 1753 Drury Lane The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, L'Entree de Flore, Hornpipe, New Dutch Dance No No Yes £30 N/A N/A
11 Feb 1754 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £170 N/A N/A
28 Mar 1754 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay, Rise Glory Yes No Yes £280 N/A N/A
27 Apr 1754 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Devil to Pay, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1754 Covent Garden King Henry V, The Devil to Pay, Jenny Bright as the Day, Italian Peasants, No Never No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 May 1754 Covent Garden The Merchant Of Venice, The Devil to Pay, Italian Peasants, Dutch Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 May 1754 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe (to tune of Ali Croaker) No No Yes £200 N/A N/A
18 Sep 1754 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
19 Sep 1754 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay No No No £50 100% N/A
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