An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
1740 autobiography
Portrait of Cibber at the front of the book. | |
Author | Colley Cibber |
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Language | English |
Genre | Autobiography |
Publication date | 1740 |
Publication place | Great Britain |
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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.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660–1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- McGirr, Elaine M. Partial Histories: A Reappraisal of Colley Cibber. Springer, 2016.
- Schoch, Richard. Writing the History of the British Stage: 1660–1900. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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- The Rival Fools (1709)
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- Caesar in Egypt (1724)
- The Provoked Husband (1728)
- Love in a Riddle (1729)
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- An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
- Poet Laureate
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
- Theophilus Cibber (Son)
- Susannah Maria Cibber (Daughter-in-law)
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