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 %
21 Jan 1789 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay No No No £204 1s 55% N/A
09 Feb 1789 Drury Lane The Impostors, The Devil to Pay No No No £183 10s 6d 47% N/A
26 Feb 1789 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay No No No £211 2s 54% N/A
09 Mar 1789 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Devil to Pay No No No £197 16s 6d 56% N/A
16 Mar 1789 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay No No No £161 5s 38% N/A
17 Apr 1789 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Devil to Pay, Tis' Health That Gives Birth No No Yes £216 15s 6d 32% N/A
27 Apr 1789 Drury Lane Mary Queen Of Scots, The Devil to Pay No No No £231 8s 6d 52% N/A
04 May 1789 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Devil to Pay No No No £149 4s 46% N/A
14 May 1789 Drury Lane The Strangers At Home, The Devil to Pay No No No £97 5s 58% N/A
29 May 1789 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Devil to Pay No No No £86 18s 65% N/A
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