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The devil to pay: or, The wives metamorphos'd. An operatical farce. : As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. By His Majesty's servants. Newly adapted to the stage, with the addition of several new songs.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Coffey, Charles, -1745.
Contributor:
Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
Standardized Title:
Devil to pay: or, the wives metamorphos'd. Abridgments
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ballad operas--Librettos.
Ballad operas.
Physical Description:
25, that is, 28pages ; 12⁰
Place of Publication:
Dublin : Printed for Sarah Cotter, bookseller, under Dick's Coffee-House, in Skinner-Row, 1760.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Anonymous. By Charles Coffey.
An abridgment into one act by Theophilus Cibber from Coffey's three act version, itself adapted, with help from John Mottley, from Thomas Jevon's 'The devil of a wife'.
Without the music.
Pp. 27-28 both misnumbered 25.
In a different issue "Dublin" has been obscured by a printer's ornament and an initial advertisement leaf for George Risk has been added.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from National Library of Ireland.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T219524.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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