Charles Coffey
Charles Coffey (late 17th century – 13 May 1745) was an Irish playwright, opera librettist and arranger of music from Westmeath.Following the initial failure of his ballad opera ''The Beggar’s Wedding'' (Dublin, Smock Alley Theatre, 24 March 1729) - a work capitalising on the success of John Gay's ''The Beggar's Opera'' (1728) - he moved to London, where the work opened at the Haymarket on 29 May 1729. In an abbreviated form as ''Phebe, or The Beggar's Wedding'' it became highly successful, although it was not to be heard in Dublin before 1754. His fifth ballad opera, ''The Devil to Pay, or The Wives Metamorphos'd'' (1731) became the most successful ballad opera of the 18th century after ''The Beggar's Opera''. A German translation as ''Der Teufel ist los, oder Die verwandelten Weiber'' (Berlin, 24 January 1743) strongly influenced the development of the German Singspiel.
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1731
Published 1731
printed for James and John Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1729
Published 1729
printed for James and John Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1731
Published 1731
printed for J. Watts, at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1738
Published 1738
printed for J. Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1732
Published 1732
printed for J. Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1729
Published 1729
printed for James and John Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed by Alex. M'caslan. and sold at his shop, opposite to the Chapel of Ease, Cross-Causey
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1733
Published 1733
London: printed. And, Dublin re-printed, and sold by George Faulkner, in Essex-Street, opposite to the Bridge
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1769
Published 1769
Printed by Alex. M'Caslan, and sold at his Shop, opposite to the chapel of Ease, Cross-Causey
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1760
Published 1760
Printed for Sarah Cotter, bookseller, under Dick's Coffee-House, in Skinner-Row
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1745
Published 1745
Printed for G. Spavan opposite to St. Clement's Church, in the Strand
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1760
Published 1760
Printed for Sarah Cotter, bookseller, under Dick's Coffee-House, in Skinner-Row
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1729
Published 1729
Printed by S. Powell, for Thomas Benson, at Shakespear's-Head in Castle-Street
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by Coffey, Charles
Published 1790
Published 1790
printed for R. Butters, No. 79, Fleet-Street; and sold by all booksellers in town and country