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 1791 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Devil to Pay No No No £303 15s 6d 57% N/A
08 Feb 1791 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Devil to Pay No No No £236 6s N/A N/A
17 Feb 1791 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Devil to Pay No No No £192 2s 6d N/A N/A
02 Mar 1791 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay No No No £146 13s 40% N/A
26 Mar 1791 Drury Lane The Siege Of Belgrade, The Devil to Pay No No No £224 6s 6d 58% N/A
26 Apr 1791 Drury Lane The Rivals, The Devil to Pay, Mad Bess No No Yes £270 4s 42% N/A
06 May 1791 Drury Lane She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay, Cou'd a Man Be Secure No No Yes £279 17s 39% N/A
01 Jun 1791 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £389 4s 6d 28% N/A
24 Sep 1791 Drury Lane Poor Old Drury, The Haunted Tower, The Devil to Pay No No No £347 4s 100% N/A
18 Oct 1791 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Devil to Pay No No No £285 11s 100% N/A
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