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 Feb 1808 Drury Lane Kais; or, Love in the Deserts, The Devil to Pay No No No £250 5s N/A N/A
26 Mar 1808 Drury Lane Kais; or, Love in the Deserts, The Devil to Pay No No No £270 16s N/A N/A
10 May 1808 Drury Lane The Jew of Mogadore, The Devil to Pay No No No £225 4s N/A N/A
25 May 1808 Drury Lane The Wife of Two Husbands, Blue Devils, The Devil to Pay No No Yes £445 19s 6d 100% N/A
15 Nov 1808 Drury Lane Siege of St. Quintin, Devil to Pay No No No £251 13s 6d 51% N/A
13 Dec 1808 Drury Lane Venoni, The Devil to Pay No No No £247 13s 61% N/A
28 Apr 1809 Drury Lane Grieving's a Folly, Love in a Tub, Devil to Pay No No No £166 10s 55% N/A
17 May 1809 Drury Lane Honey Moon, Harlequin's Invasion, Love in a Tub, Devil to Pay No No Yes £222 6s 6d 38% N/A
04 Jun 1809 Drury Lane Critic, Devil to Pay, Three & Deuce No No Yes £148 2s N/A N/A
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