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 %
04 Feb 1772 Drury Lane The Fashionable Lover, The Devil to Pay, The Sailors' Revels No No No £189 12s 6d 50% N/A
09 Mar 1772 Drury Lane The Grecian Daughter, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £264 8s 6d N/A N/A
29 May 1772 Covent Garden The Miser, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe, The Provenzale No No Yes £254 14s 6d 40% N/A
02 Jun 1772 Drury Lane King Richard III, The Devil to Pay, Linco's Travels Yes No Yes £313 4s 3d 100% N/A
14 Oct 1772 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay No No No £248 2s 65% N/A
11 Dec 1772 Drury Lane Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance No No No £199 19s 6d 61% N/A
27 Mar 1773 Covent Garden Artaxerxes, The Devil to Pay, The Wanton God Yes No Yes £271 19s 61% N/A
20 Sep 1773 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay No No No £184 4s 6d 100% N/A
24 Nov 1773 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, The Mountaineers No No No £248 15s 6d 54% N/A
01 Mar 1774 Drury Lane The Chances, The Devil to Pay No No No £263 17s 60% N/A
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