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 %
13 Jun 1789 Drury Lane As You Like It, The Devil to Pay, The Russian Minuet No No Yes £131 11s 6d N/A N/A
02 Mar 1790 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosed No No No £180 5s 46% N/A
09 Mar 1790 Drury Lane Love In Many Masks, The Devil to Pay, The Elopement; or, Marriage a la Mode No No No £147 3s 6d 42% N/A
09 Apr 1790 Drury Lane Twelfth Night, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £204 2s 38% N/A
27 Apr 1790 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £236 13s 57% N/A
01 May 1790 Drury Lane The Country Girl, The Devil to Pay, The Irish Bird Catchers No No Yes £212 14s 6d 42% N/A
21 May 1790 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, The Devil to Pay, The Elopement; or, Marriage a la Mode No No Yes £320 17s 27% N/A
20 Oct 1790 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosed No No No £190 2s 6d 51% N/A
16 Dec 1790 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Devil to Pay No No No £211 13s 6d 62% N/A
08 Jan 1791 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Devil to Pay No No No £307 7s 55% N/A
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