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 %
14 Feb 1758 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay, Jovial Coopers Yes No No £185 1s 6d 49% N/A
05 Apr 1758 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
11 Apr 1758 Covent Garden King Henry IV, The Devil to Pay, Spanish Dance, Dutch Dance, Minuet, New Peasant Dance, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes £172 4s 6d N/A N/A
20 Apr 1758 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £220 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1758 Drury Lane King Henry IV Part II, The Devil to Pay, The Prussian Camp No No Yes £170 N/A N/A
18 Sep 1758 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay No No No £65 15s 6d 100% N/A
23 Sep 1758 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Devil to Pay No No No £174 6d 100% N/A
06 Oct 1758 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay No No No £112 9s 6d 61% N/A
26 Oct 1758 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Devil to Pay, The Threshers No No No £36 10s 6d 23% N/A
09 Jan 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, The Threshers No No Yes £257 9s 6d 35% N/A
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