The devil to pay; or, The wives metamorphos'd. An opera. As it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's servants. With the musick prefix'd to each song
Publisher: J. Watts
Published: 1732
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Operas -- Librettos -- 18th century
Description: [8], 31 p. : front. ; 21 cm. With music (melodies of the songs, unaccompanied. One act. Dedication signed by the author, Charles Coffey. John Mottley is said to have collaborated, and Theophilus Cibber to have been responsible for this reduction of the original three acts to one. Based on Thomas Jevon's "The devil of a wife", 1686. This item is from the Stockton Axson Collection of 18th Century British Drama, Woodson Research Center, Rice University.