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 %
25 Feb 1806 Drury Lane Douglas, The Devil to Pay No No No £360 11s 6d 56% N/A
06 Jun 1806 Drury Lane Castle Spectre, Devil to Pay, Mountain Robbers No No Yes £103 12s N/A N/A
25 Oct 1806 Drury Lane School for Scandal, Devil to Pay No No No £261 8s 100% N/A
21 Feb 1807 Drury Lane The Curfew, The Devil to Pay No No No £358 12s 6d 49% N/A
12 May 1807 Drury Lane Adelgitha, The Devil to Pay No No No £296 11s 6d 43% N/A
03 Jun 1807 Drury Lane Birth Day, Devil to Pay, Midas No No Yes £634 18s 6d 33% N/A
15 Jun 1807 Drury Lane Mountaineers, Devil to Pay No No Yes £57 12s N/A N/A
17 Jun 1807 Drury Lane The Birthday, The Fair Circassian, The Devil to Pay, The Bay of Biscay O!, The Storm No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Oct 1807 Drury Lane Pizarro, The Devil to Pay No No No £329 7s N/A N/A
04 Feb 1808 Drury Lane The Suspicious Husband, The Devil to Pay No No No £276 6d N/A N/A
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