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 %
23 May 1803 Covent Garden John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fire-Side, The Devil to Pay No No No £445 7s 76% N/A
07 Jun 1803 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Devil to Pay, Lovely Woman Governs All, Kathline Machre No No Yes £136 5s N/A N/A
22 Jun 1803 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £520 15s 100% N/A
12 Sep 1803 Covent Garden Speed the Plow, The Devil to Pay No No No £343 8s 6d 100% N/A
26 Sep 1803 Covent Garden John Bull, The Devil to Pay No No No £418 11s 100% N/A
18 Apr 1804 Drury Lane Love for Love, The Devil to Pay No No No £162 7s 6d 36% N/A
09 May 1804 Drury Lane Douglas, The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed No No Yes £302 15s 6d 41% N/A
06 Jun 1804 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Devil to Pay, Robinson Crusoe, Lightly Tripping on the Green, Poor Kate Who Sells Sweet Briar No No Yes £92 6s 6d N/A N/A
18 Sep 1804 Drury Lane She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not, The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphosed No No No £272 10s 6d 100% N/A
06 Nov 1804 Drury Lane The Stranger, The Devil to Pay; or, The Waves Metamorphosed No No No £190 12s 6d 40% N/A
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