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 Sep 1770 Drury Lane Cymon, The Devil to Pay No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1771 Drury Lane Rule A Wife, The Devil to Pay, New Comic Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Feb 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The West Indian, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 Apr 1771 Covent Garden Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Sep 1771 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Tartars No No No £132 6s 100% N/A
06 Nov 1771 Covent Garden Tamerlane, The Devil to Pay, The Jovial Gardners No No No £97 12s 6d 35% N/A
12 Dec 1771 Covent Garden Zobeide, The Devil to Pay No No No £151 14s 48% N/A
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