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 %
02 Oct 1746 Drury Lane The Constant Couple, The Devil To Pay Yes No No £60 100% N/A
04 Oct 1746 Drury Lane Othello Moor Of Venice, The Devil to Pay No No No £168 80% N/A
18 Oct 1746 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £110 100% N/A
25 Oct 1746 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay No No No £59 100% N/A
28 Oct 1746 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay No Yes No £160 100% N/A
19 Nov 1746 Drury Lane The Orphan, The Devil to Pay No No No £50 22% N/A
15 Jan 1747 Drury Lane 1 Henry IV, The Devil to Pay No No No £80 44% N/A
28 Feb 1747 Drury Lane The Refusal, The Devil to Pay No No No £40 27% N/A
23 Mar 1747 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay, Turkish Pirate, Laundress's Visiting Day No No Yes £202 14s N/A N/A
04 May 1747 Drury Lane The Artful Husband, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £160 N/A N/A
05 May 1747 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £98 2s N/A N/A
24 Sep 1747 Drury Lane The Provoked Husband Or A Journey To London, The Devil to Pay No No No £111 19s 6d 100% N/A
14 Nov 1747 Drury Lane King Lear, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £174 9s 6d N/A N/A
17 Dec 1747 Covent Garden The Committee Or The Faithful Irishman, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Dec 1747 Drury Lane King Lear, The Devil to Pay, New Tambourine Yes No No £179 14s N/A N/A
01 Feb 1748 Drury Lane The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay No No No £191 14s N/A N/A
11 Feb 1748 Covent Garden The Committee, The Devil to Pay Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Feb 1748 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay, Chi Nacque Alle Pene, Lusingo Piu Cara, O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?, Tis' Liberty, Dear Liberty Alone No No No Unknown N/A N/A
29 Feb 1748 Covent Garden King Richard III, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Mar 1748 Drury Lane The Alchymist, The Devil to Pay, Le Charactere de la Dance, Dutch Dance, Hymen's Temple, Louvre, Minuet and Louvre, The Savage Dance No Yes Yes £270 N/A N/A
05 May 1748 Drury Lane The Lover's Melancholy, The Devil to Pay, Savoyards, Les Characteres de la Dance, Pastoral Dance Yes No No £34 2s 6d N/A N/A
20 Sep 1748 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Devil to Pay, Savoyards No No No £95 3s 100% N/A
22 Sep 1748 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune, The Devil to Pay, Overture to Rodelinda, Savoyards No No No £91 13s 100% N/A
28 Sep 1748 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
01 Oct 1748 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband Or A Journey To London, The Devil to Pay, Savoyards No No No £94 5s 100% N/A
12 Oct 1748 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
22 Oct 1748 Covent Garden Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discoverd, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Nov 1748 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Devil to Pay, Vertumnus and Pomona No No No £130 19s N/A N/A
11 Nov 1748 Drury Lane The Stratagem, The Devil to Pay, L'Entree de Flore No No No £103 9s 6d N/A N/A
12 Nov 1748 Covent Garden Cato, The Devil to Pay No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Dec 1748 Covent Garden Julius Caesar, The Devil to Pay Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
12 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Romeo And Juliet, The Devil to Pay No No No £139 6d N/A N/A
19 Dec 1748 Drury Lane Macbeth, The Devil to Pay No No No £179 15s N/A N/A
19 Jan 1749 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £103 4s 6d N/A N/A
31 Jan 1749 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Devil to Pay, New Scotch Dance No No No £154 11s 6d N/A N/A
04 Mar 1749 Covent Garden The Constant Couple Or A Trip To The Jubilee, The Devil to Pay Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
09 Mar 1749 Drury Lane Othello, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £289 N/A N/A
13 Mar 1749 Covent Garden Jane Shore, The Devil to Pay, Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1749 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay, Sailors Revels, Hornpipe No No Yes £190 N/A N/A
21 Apr 1749 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion, The Devil to Pay, Comic dance, Louvre, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1749 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, Drunken Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1749 Drury Lane Merope, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £176 14s 6d 100% N/A
09 May 1749 Drury Lane Love Makes A Man, The Devil to Pay, Hornpipe, Drunken Peasant No No Yes £148 N/A N/A
22 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £140 100% N/A
27 Sep 1749 Covent Garden Hamlet, The Devil to Pay No No No £77 8s 6d 100% N/A
30 Sep 1749 Drury Lane The London Merchant, The Devil to Pay Yes No No £60 100% N/A
05 Oct 1749 Drury Lane Much Ado About Nothing, The Virgin Unmasked Yes No No £170 100% N/A
09 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery, The Devil to Pay No No No £99 4s 100% N/A
14 Oct 1749 Drury Lane The Alchemist, The Devil to Pay No No No £140 80% N/A
14 Oct 1749 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, The Devil to Pay No No No £35 15s 6d 20% N/A
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