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7 Copy quote. Possession is eleven points in the law. Colley Cibber. Law, Eleven, Possession. Colley Cibber, Charles Bathurst (1777). “Love's last shift; Woman's wit; Love makes a man; She would and she would not”, p.121. 4 Copy quote. You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.
Theophilus Cibber. Theophilus Cibber (25 or 26 November 1703 [1] – October 1758) was an English actor, playwright, author, and son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber . He began acting at an early age, and followed his father into theatrical management. In 1727, Alexander Pope satirised Theophilus Cibber in his Dunciad as a youth who "thrusts ...
Colley Cibber. (1671-1757), Dramatist and actor. Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter in 9 portraits. An actor-manager, dramatist and poet laureate, Cibber produced some thirty plays during his long career. From 1709 to 1733, he managed theatre companies at Drury Lane and the Queen's Theatre making him one of the first in a long ...
Born in London, on Nov. 6, 1671, Colley Cibber was the son of the sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber. He began his acting career in 1690 with Thomas Betterton’s company at the Drury Lane Theatre, London. Marrying three years later and finding his earnings as an actor inadequate, he wrote Love’s Last Shift to provide himself with a role.
Colley Cibber was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740) describes his life in a personal, anecdotal and even rambling style. He wrote 25 plays for his own company at Drury Lane, half of which were adapted from various sources, which led Robert Lowe and Alexander ...
Colley Cibber was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740) describes his life in a personal, anecdotal and even rambling style. He wrote 25 plays for his own company at Drury Lane, half of which were adapted from various sources, which led Robert Lowe and Alexander ...
Colley Cibber played Sir Novelty Fashion in the original 1688 production. Synopsis. Love's Last Shift is the story of a last "shift" or trick that a virtuous wife, Amanda, is driven to, in order to reform and retain her out-of-control rakish husband Loveless. Loveless has been away for ten years, dividing his time between the brothel and the ...
