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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.
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.
The Tragical History Of King Richard Iii, Alter'd From Shakespeare (1699) is a history play written by Colley Cibber. It is based on William Shakespeare's Richard III, but reworked for Williamite audiences.
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber is a memoir by the British playwright, actor-manager and current Poet Laureate published in 1740. [1] Popular with the public, it was both an autobiography of Cibber's career and a more general history of the Restoration theatre.
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.
Colley Cibber was an English actor, playwright, and Poet Laureate known for his work in theater as well as his controversial reputation among his peers.
Edited with Introduction and Notes by David Roberts, Birmingham City University. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Online publication date: June 2022. Print publication year: 2022.
Biography. Colley Cibber (SIHB-ur) is in the unfortunate position of being remembered mainly as the chief target of ridicule in Alexander Pope’s Dunciad —to be immortalized as the King of ...
Colley Cibber changed the course of the English-speaking theater. One of the most complete theater men in the history of the stage, he fostered the change from drama as the handmaiden of literature to theater as an independent and lively art.
As an actor, manager, and playwright, Colley Cibber was among the most influential members of the London theater in the 18th century. Joining the company at the Theatre Royal in 1690, Cibber became successful as a comedian, playing the fops of Restoration comedy.
