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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.
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.
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.
English playwright. Examine the life, times, and work of Colley Cibber through detailed author biographies on eNotes.
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.
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.
The English dramatist, poet, and actor Colley Cibber was the author of Love’s Last Shift; or, The Fool in Fashion (1696). The play established his reputation both as an actor and as a playwright and is generally considered the first sentimental comedy, a dramatic form that dominated the English stage for the next 100 years.
