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 %
05 Feb 1759 Drury Lane The Ambitious Stepmother, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £171 18s 62% N/A
13 Mar 1759 Drury Lane Eurydice, The Devil to Pay, The Prussian Camp No No No £157 4s 6d 46% N/A
11 May 1759 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Devil to Pay, The Milkmaid's Holiday No No Yes £231 2s N/A N/A
24 Sep 1759 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay No No No £111 5s 100% N/A
18 Dec 1759 Covent Garden Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, The Dutch Skipper, Fingalian Dance No No Yes £178 10s 6d N/A N/A
16 May 1760 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I, The Devil to Pay, The Fingalian Dance, The Knife Sharpeners No No Yes £238 5s N/A N/A
06 Oct 1760 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No No No £117 15s 100% N/A
10 Oct 1760 Covent Garden King Henry IV Part I With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff, The Devil to Pay, The Pedlar Tricked, The Cossacks No No No £71 11s N/A N/A
22 Nov 1760 Drury Lane The Minor, The Devil to Pay, The Mad Doctor, The Prussian Camp No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Nov 1760 Drury Lane The Minor, The Devil to Pay, The Colliers, The Prussian Camp No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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