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 %
01 Oct 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Oct 1755 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, New Comic Dance No No No £90 N/A N/A
28 Oct 1755 Drury Lane Merope, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £160 N/A N/A
08 Nov 1755 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Nov 1755 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Nov 1755 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £180 N/A N/A
13 Dec 1755 Covent Garden The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Dec 1755 Drury Lane The Earl Of Essex, The Devil to Pay, Pantomime Dance No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
18 Dec 1755 Covent Garden Zara, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jan 1756 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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