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 %
09 Apr 1779 Drury Lane The Discovery, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £145 13s 6d N/A N/A
14 Feb 1782 Covent Garden Which Is The Man?, The Dramatic Puffers, The Devil to Pay, St David's Day; or, The Village Revels No No No £243 6s 63% N/A
28 May 1782 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Devil to Pay, The Merry Sailors No No Yes £245 3s 100% N/A
11 Apr 1785 Covent Garden Women Pleased, The Devil to Pay, Four and Twenty Fidlers All on a Row, A Description of the Curiosities of the Tower of London No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 Mar 1787 Covent Garden Such Things Are, The Devil to Pay No No No £240 13s 63% N/A
09 Jun 1787 Covent Garden The Midnight Hour, Nina, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £64 17s N/A N/A
17 Dec 1788 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosed, Jamie's Return No No Yes £282 6s 59% N/A
19 Dec 1788 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Devil to Pay No No No £184 7s 64% N/A
26 Dec 1788 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Devil to Pay No No No £206 11s 40% N/A
31 Dec 1788 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay No No No £149 8s 49% N/A
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