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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 ...
- Actor, theatre manager, playwright, poet
- Laurence Eusden
Apr 18, 2024 · 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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An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, published in 1740 when Cibber was 68 and enjoying retirement,has a strong claim to be not simply the first theatrical autobiography in English, but the first secular autobiography. But ‘autobiography’ isn’t quite the right word. The Apology does not dig deep into Cibber’s personal life ...
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Colley Cibber was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber 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 Pope, among others, to criticise his "miserable ...
Colley Cibber. Writer: Richard III. Colley Cibber (1671-1757) was an actor, theatrical impresario, playwright and poet now remembered only for his bowdlerization of William Shakespeare's Richard III (1955) (Laurence Olivier used Cibber's interpolations in his 1955 film of the play) and for being the model for the chief protagonist of his nemesis Alexander Pope's poem "The Dunciad".
- Writer
- November 6, 1671
- Colley Cibber
- December 11, 1757
‘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.'
Colley Cibber. Writer: Richard III. Colley Cibber (1671-1757) was an actor, theatrical impresario, playwright and poet now remembered only for his bowdlerization of William Shakespeare's Richard III (1955) (Laurence Olivier used Cibber's interpolations in his 1955 film of the play) and for being the model for the chief protagonist of his nemesis Alexander Pope's poem "The Dunciad". He was a ...
