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 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, Pierrots, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
10 Dec 1734 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, Pierrots, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
13 Feb 1735 Drury Lane The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, Pierots, Revellers No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1735 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Devil to Pay, Dutchman and his Frow Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Feb 1735 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, Tit for Tat No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Feb 1735 Drury Lane The Committee, The Devil to Pay, The Shepherd's Mount Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Feb 1735 Drury Lane Junius Brutus, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Mar 1735 Drury Lane Volpone Or The Fox, The Devil to Pay, Minuet, Amorous Swain and Rival Nymphs, Russian Sailor No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1735 Drury Lane The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, English Clown, Amorous Swain, Drunken Peasant, English Maggot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1735 Drury Lane The Rover Or The Banished Cavaliers, The Devil to Pay, Revellers, Amorous Swain, Black Joak, Clown No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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