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Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 December 1757) 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.
- Actor, theatre manager, playwright, poet
- Laurence Eusden
Apr 18, 2024 · Colley Cibber (born Nov. 6, 1671, London, Eng.—died Dec. 11, 1757, London) 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Actor, playwright, theatre manager and Poet Laureate, Colley Cibber (pronounced Sibber) is the fall guy of English Literature, a man better known for the mockery he incurred than for his real achievements. We shouldn’t be surprised. Cibber lived in (and for) the public eye.
Jun 8, 2020 · He was an awful poet who became Poet Laureate through his political connections; a middling actor who connived to became a pioneering actor-manager in Drury Lane; and an unscrupulous and divisive man whose autobiography captured a pivotal moment in theatre history.
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Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 December 1757) 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.
Published long after he had won acclaim as a playwright, the 1740 edition of An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber was immensely popular: full of gossip, digressions, unsubstantiated ...
Learn about the life and career of Colley Cibber, a remarkable actor, playwright, and playhouse manager who was the target of Pope's and Johnson's criticism. Find out how he wrote sentimental comedy, adapted Shakespeare, and became a Whig politician and poet laureate.
