The devil to pay, or, The wives metamorphosed
Subtitle: a comic opera in two acts
By: by Charles Coffey ; revised by Colley Cibber
Contributors: Mottley, John, 1692-1750; Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758; Jevon, Thomas, 1652-1688
Series: Cumberland's British theatre -- no. 305.
Publisher: John Cumberland
Published: 1837
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 33
Other titles: Wives metamorphosed.
Work titles: Devil to pay
Notes: Based on Thomas Jevon's The devil of a wife (1686), which was turned into an opera by Coffey and Mottley and later reduced by Theophilus Cibber to one act (here printed as two)--cf. Remarks.

"Printed from the acting copy, with remarks, biographical and critical by D.--G. [i.e. George Daniel] ... as performed at the Theatres Royal, London ... Embellished with a fine engraving, from a drawing taken in the theatre, by Mr. R. Cruikshank."

Cast for a performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in 1827, on p. [8].

Copy 1 Note: Original printed wrappers.