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 %
19 Dec 1804 Drury Lane Stranger, The Devil to Pay No No No £142 4s 28% N/A
02 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Douglas, The Devil to Pay No No No £647 2s 66% N/A
07 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Romeo & Juliet, Devil to Pay No No No £664 5s 6d 66% N/A
28 Mar 1805 Drury Lane Douglas, The United Britons, The Devil to Pay No No No £670 1s 6d 68% N/A
10 May 1805 Drury Lane The Honey Moon, The Devil to Pay No No No £214 10s 32% N/A
13 Jun 1805 Drury Lane Honey Moon, Devil to Pay No No Yes £85 1s 6d N/A N/A
07 Oct 1805 Drury Lane Romeo & Juliet, Devil to Pay No No No £218 9s 43% N/A
26 Oct 1805 Drury Lane The Wheel of Fortune, The Devil to Pay No No No £120 8s 30% N/A
19 Nov 1805 Covent Garden The Delinquent; or, Seeing Company, The Devil to Pay, Dermot and Kathlane No No No £135 16s 32% N/A
18 Jan 1806 Drury Lane The Distressed Mother, The Devil to Pay No No No £316 16s 57% N/A
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