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 %
15 Jun 1798 Drury Lane The Clandestine Marriage, The Devil to Pay, Collins's Ode on the Passions No No Yes £52 10s 6d N/A N/A
19 Feb 1799 Drury Lane The Child Of Nature, The Devil to Pay, Feudal Times No No No £271 6d 49% N/A
25 Feb 1799 Drury Lane No Song No Supper, The Devil to Pay, Feudal Times No No No £231 5s 43% N/A
02 Apr 1799 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay No No No £352 16s 6d 60% N/A
17 Mar 1800 Covent Garden The Birth Day, The Devil to Pay, Raymond and Agnes No No No £185 6s 6d 39% N/A
24 Mar 1800 Drury Lane The Egyptian Festival, The Devil to Pay No No No £278 12s 6d 58% N/A
30 Apr 1800 Drury Lane De Montfort, The Devil to Pay No No No £273 3s 6d 59% N/A
19 May 1800 Drury Lane The Merchant Of Venice, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £353 10s 6d 34% N/A
04 Jun 1800 Drury Lane The Haunted Tower, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £633 7s 76% N/A
17 Mar 1801 Drury Lane Deaf and Dumb; or, The Orphan Protected, The Devil to Pay No No No £316 15s 6d 59% N/A
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