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 %
27 Feb 1736 Drury Lane Greenwich Park, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1736 Covent Garden The Rival Queens, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierrots, French Peasant, Scots Dance No No Yes £98 16s N/A N/A
25 Mar 1736 Covent Garden The Funeral, The Devil to Pay, Clown, French Peasants, Louvre, Minuet, Tambourine Yes No Yes £213 5s N/A N/A
13 Apr 1736 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, The Devil to Pay, Tambourine, Harlequine, Peasants Yes No Yes £65 11s N/A N/A
03 May 1736 Covent Garden The Committee, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierrots, The Confession, Sailors, Tambourine No No Yes £170 3s N/A N/A
08 May 1736 Drury Lane Volpone, The Devil to Pay, Venetian Gondolier, German Peasant, Les Rigadoons a la Provencale originale No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1736 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Devil to Pay, French Peasant, Ball Dance, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Wooden Shoe Dance No No Yes £116 15s N/A N/A
17 May 1736 Drury Lane Henry IV Part I, The Devil to Pay No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1736 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Devil to Pay, Two Pierrots, Peasant, Scots Dance No No Yes £82 15s 6d N/A N/A
20 May 1736 Drury Lane Henry IV Part II, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, Minuet, Rigadoon, Rover, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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