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 %
15 Sep 1767 Covent Garden The Rehearsal, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £68 11s 6d N/A N/A
25 Sep 1767 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Dec 1767 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Irish Haymakers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Feb 1768 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1768 Drury Lane Cymon, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Mar 1768 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Devil to Pay, The Wake No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1768 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay, The Wapping Landlady No No Yes £192 3s N/A N/A
11 Oct 1768 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay, The Royal Garland No No No £173 17s 6d N/A N/A
06 Jan 1769 Drury Lane The Wonder, The Devil to Pay, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Feb 1769 Drury Lane The School For Rakes, The Devil to Pay, The Wake No No No Unknown N/A N/A
Download Export