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 %
29 Apr 1735 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The Devil to Pay, Scots Dance, In Praise of English Roast Beef, Tambourine Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1735 Drury Lane Oroonoko, The Devil to Pay, Clown, Amorous Swain, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 May 1735 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay, Richmond Maggot, In Praise of English Roast Beef, Grecian Sailors, Scots Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1735 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Roast Beef Song, Amorous Swain, Dutchman and his Frow Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1735 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant, Mock Italian English Ballad, Clown, English Maggot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 May 1735 Drury Lane The Committee, The Devil to Pay, Dutchman and his Frow, Mock Italian English Ballad, Amorous Swain, Black Joak, English Maggot No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
30 May 1735 Drury Lane The Man Of Taste, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, French Peasants, Harlequin and Harlequiness, New Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Sep 1735 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd No No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Sep 1735 Covent Garden Hamlet Prince Of Denmark, The Devil to Pay No No No £55 19s 100% N/A
19 Sep 1735 Covent Garden The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage, The Devil to Pay No No No £31 8s 100% N/A
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