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 %
31 Mar 1792 Drury Lane Coriolanus Or The Roman Matron, The Devil to Pay No No No £377 13s 61% N/A
25 Apr 1792 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £372 1s 62% N/A
15 May 1792 Drury Lane Cymon, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £554 6d 56% N/A
22 Apr 1793 Drury Lane All In The Wrong, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £461 8s N/A N/A
25 Apr 1793 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £447 10s 39% N/A
14 May 1793 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Devil to Pay No No No £115 10s 38% N/A
30 Oct 1794 Drury Lane The Heiress, The Devil to Pay No No No £172 7s 46% N/A
15 Nov 1794 Drury Lane The Roman Father, The Devil to Pay No No No £350 11s 63% N/A
09 Dec 1794 Drury Lane King Henry The Eighth, The Devil to Pay No No No £189 10s 49% N/A
06 Jan 1795 Drury Lane A Trip To Scarborough, The Devil to Pay No No No £138 6s 6d 50% N/A
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