Colley Cibber

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. 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 mutilation" of "crucified Molière [and] hapless Shakespeare".

He regarded himself as first and foremost an actor and had great popular success in comical fop parts, while as a tragic actor he was persistent but much ridiculed. Cibber's brash, extroverted personality did not sit well with his contemporaries, and he was frequently accused of tasteless theatrical productions, shady business methods, and a social and political opportunism that was thought to have gained him the laureateship over far better poets. He rose to ignominious fame when he became the chief target, the head Dunce, of Alexander Pope's satirical poem ''The Dunciad''.

Cibber's poetical work was derided in his time and has been remembered only for being poor. His importance in British theatre history rests on his being one of the first in a long line of actor-managers, on the interest of two of his comedies as documents of evolving early 18th-century taste and ideology, and on the value of his autobiography as a historical source. Provided by Wikipedia

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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1736
printed for W. Feales, at Rowe's-Head, over-against St. Clement's Church in the Strand

182
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1736
printed for Henry Lintot; and sold by W. Feales, at Rowe's Head, the Corner of Essex-Street in the Strand

183
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1745
printed for J. Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields

184
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1792
printed for the proprietors, under the direction of John Bell, British-Library, Strand, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales

185
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1736
printed for W. Feales, at Rowe's-Head, over-against St. Clement's Church in the Strand

186
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1745
printed for J. Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields: and sold by B. Dod at the Bible and Key in Ave-Mary-Lane near Stationers-Hall

187
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1765
printed for the proprietors; and sold by the booksellers in town and country

189
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1736
printed for W. Feales, at Rowe's-Head, over-against St. Clement's Church in the Strand

190
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1733
printed by S. Powell, for Philip Crampton, at Addison's Head opposite to the Horse-Guard in Dame-Street

191
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1731
printed by S. Powell, for George Risk, at the Shakespear's Head in Dame's-Street

192
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1706
printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys next to Nando's Coffee-House, Fleet-Street

193
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1726
printed by S. Powell, for George Risk, at the Corner of Castle-Lane in Dame's-Street, near the Horse-Guard

194
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1760
printed for J. Clarke, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, D. Browne, J. and R. Tonson, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, T. Caslon, C. Bathurst, S. Crowder and Co. T. Longman, H. Woodgate, and S. Brooks, C. Corbet, G. Kearsly, J. and T. King, and T. Lownds

195
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1725
printed for J. Tonson; and sold by J. Longman at the Ship in Pater-Noster Row

196
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1733
printed by B. Lintot, W. Feales, R. J. and B. Wellington, J. Clark, J. Motte, T. Astley, and T. Saunders

197
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1721
printed for Jacob Tonson, over against Catherine-Street, in the Strand ; Bernard Lintot, at the Cross-Keys between the Temple-Gates, Fleetstreet ; William Mears, at the Lamb, without Temple-Bar ; and William Chetwood, at Cato's-Head, Russel-Street, Covent-Garden

198
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1714
printed by R.B. for W. Mears at the Lamb, J. Brown at the Black-Swan without Temple-Bar, and J. Woodward in Fleetstreet

199
by Cibber, Colley
Published 1736
printed for Henry Lintot; and sold by W. Feales, at Rowe's-Head, the Corner of Essex-Street, in the Strand