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 %
27 Jan 1761 Drury Lane The Way To Keep Him, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1761 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Devil to Pay, The Waggoners, Hornpipe No No Yes £145 8s N/A N/A
29 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, The Devil to Pay, The New Comic Dance No No Yes £224 15s N/A N/A
15 May 1761 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £213 9s N/A N/A
09 Sep 1761 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Sep 1761 Drury Lane Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
21 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay, Minuet, Les Charboniers No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1762 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, The Cossacks No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 May 1762 Covent Garden The City Wives Confederacy, The Devil to Pay, The Pierrots, The Taylors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Sep 1762 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
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