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Colley Cibber. Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 December 1757 [1]) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir An 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 ...
Colley Cibber was an English actor, theatre manager, playwright, and poet laureate of England, whose play Love’s Last Shift; or, The Fool in Fashion (1696) is generally considered the first sentimental comedy, a form of drama that dominated the English stage for nearly a century.
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Cibber accurately chronicles the plays, playwrights, and actors of the day in unstinting detail, affording theater lovers and historians an incomparable glimpse of the beginnings of modern theater. As an actor, manager, and playwright, Colley Cibber was among the most influential members of the London theater in the 18th century.
Learn about the first theatrical autobiography in English, written by a controversial actor, playwright and Poet Laureate. This blog post introduces the book by David Roberts, which offers a modernized text and detailed annotations of Cibber's life and work.
Learn about the life and works of Colley Cibber, a prominent actor, playwright, and manager in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Find out how he was mocked by Pope, Fielding, and Johnson for his sentimental comedies and Whig politics.
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.
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Jun 27, 2024 · ‘Reading Colley Cibber's Apology is always delightful, for, as well as being the first in the genre, it is one of the most enjoyable theatrical autobiographies ever written. But it is an especial delight to read it in the wise and genial company of David Roberts, the ideal guide to Cibber and the theatres he wrote for and acted in.'
