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 May 1801 Drury Lane King John, The Schotch Ghost, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £514 14s 62% N/A
08 Apr 1802 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Devil to Pay No No No £510 16s N/A N/A
28 Apr 1802 Drury Lane The Winter's Tale, The Devil to Pay No No No £477 60% N/A
10 May 1802 Drury Lane The Way to Keep Him, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £563 2s 60% N/A
02 Jun 1802 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £438 16s 62% N/A
16 Nov 1802 Drury Lane Deaf and Dumb, The Devil to Pay No No No £238 12s 41% N/A
26 Feb 1803 Drury Lane The Hero of the North, The Devil to Pay No No No £389 6s 6d 55% N/A
08 Mar 1803 Drury Lane The Hero of the North, The Devil to Pay No No No £225 19s 6d 35% N/A
22 Mar 1803 Drury Lane The Hero of the North, The Devil to Pay No No No £296 13s 6d 40% N/A
31 Mar 1803 Drury Lane The Hero of the North, The Devil to Pay No Yes No £522 4s 52% N/A
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