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 %
26 Oct 1791 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Devil to Pay No No No £196 6d 45% N/A
03 Nov 1791 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Devil to Pay No No No £226 17s 6d 56% N/A
07 Nov 1791 Drury Lane The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth, The Devil to Pay No No No £195 14s 51% N/A
17 Dec 1791 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Devil to Pay No No No £248 10s 54% N/A
30 Dec 1791 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Devil to Pay No No No £136 12s 6d 35% N/A
26 Jan 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Devil to Pay No No No £334 6d 67% N/A
15 Feb 1792 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Devil to Pay No No No £231 1s 53% N/A
25 Feb 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Devil to Pay No No No £275 8s 6d 48% N/A
15 Mar 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Devil to Pay No No No £310 19s 47% N/A
24 Mar 1792 Drury Lane Isabella, The Devil to Pay, Epithalamium No No No £431 7s 6d 61% N/A
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