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 1703
Published 1703
printed for William Turner at the Angel at Lincolns-Inn Back-Gate, and John Nutt, near Stationers-Hall
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1745
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
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1733
Published 1733
printed by S. Powell, for Philip Crampton, at Addison's Head opposite to the Horse-Guard in Dame-Street
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1706
Published 1706
printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys next to Nando's Coffee-House, Fleet-Street
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1729
Published 1729
printed by J.W. [John Watts] and sold by S. Chapman, in Pallmall; E. Lynn, over-against Devereux-Court in the Strand; and E. Smith, at the Royal Exchange
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1765
Published 1765
printed for the proprietors; and sold by the booksellers in town and country
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1768
Published 1768
printed for Hawes, Clarke and Collins; J. Rivington, T. Longman, R. Baldwin, T. Lowndes, T. Caslon, C. Bathurst, C. Corbet, W. Nicoll, and S. Bladon
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1736
Published 1736
printed for Henry Lintot; and sold by W. Feales, at Rowe's-Head, the Corner of Essex-Street, in the Strand
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1795
Published 1795
printed by R. Butters, No. 79, Fleet-Street; and sold by all the Booksellers in Town and Country
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1736
Published 1736
printed for Henry Lintot; and sold by W. Feales, at Rowe's-Head, the Corner of Essex-Street, in the Strand
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1761
Published 1761
printed for T. Lownds at his Circulating Library near Salisbury Court, Fleetstreet
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1736
Published 1736
printed for W. Feales, at Rowe's-Head, over-against St. Clement's Church in the Strand
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by Cibber, Colley
Published 1718
Published 1718
printed for J.L. and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster