CIBBER, COLLEY

sĭbˈər, 1671–1757, English dramatist and actor-manager. Joining the company at the Theatre Royal in 1690, Cibber became successful as a comedian, playing the fops of Restoration comedy. His first play, Love's Last Shift (1696), is a landmark in the history of the theater and is regarded as the first sentimental comedy. Of his 30 dramas, She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not (1702), The Careless Husband (1704), and The Nonjuror (1717) are the most notable. From 1710 to 1740 he was the manager of Drury Lane. He was appointed poet laureate in 1730. An extremely unpopular, social-climbing, and insolent man, he was ridiculed by the critics and bitterly attacked by Pope, who made him the hero of the final version of The Dunciad. Cibber's Apology (1740) is a mine of information about the theater of this period.

See R. H. Barker, Mr. Cibber of Drury Lane (1939); L. Ashley, Colley Cibber (1965).

Both his son, Theophilus Cibber, 1703–58, and his daughter, Charlotte (Cibber) Clarke, d. 1760?, went on the stage with some success, earning wild and eccentric reputations in the tradition of the family. The wife of Theophilus, Susannah Maria (Arne) Cibber, 1714–66, sister of the composer Thomas Augustine Arne, sang in opera and appeared with great success in tragic roles.

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books on: Cibber Colley  - 654 results

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The Life and Times of Colley Cibber
Book by Dorothy Senior, Cibber Colley; Rae D. Henkle Co., Inc., 1928
Subjects: Cibber, Colley--1671-1757, Theater--England--London
...monument above the Cibber vault was cast aside...the mortal dust of Colley, and his father and...church to the memory of Cibber, his wife, and his celebrated son Colley, who are all buried...marble monument that Cibber had placed over the...
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The Plays of Colley Cibber - Vol. 1
Book by Timothy J. Viator, William J. Burling; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001
Subjects: Cibber, Colley--1671-1757--Plays, English Drama--18th Century
...these Presents, that the said Colley Cibber shall bargain and sell unto the...Signd, Seald, and Deliverd Colley Cibber seal by ye said C Cibber a six...Croissant, Studies in the Work of Colley Cibber, 17-18. Koon (Colley Cibber...
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Studies in the Work of Colley Cibber
Book by De Witt C. Croissant; The University, 1912
Subjects: Cibber, Colley--1671-1757
...This is not proof positive that Cibber did not write the play, for Cinnas...probable that Hob and Chuck are not by Cibber. In any case, they are entirely...Museum to have been "revised by Colley Cibber." But the work of revision was...
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Mr. Cibber of Drury Lane
Book by Richard Hindry Barker; Columbia University Press, 1939
Subjects: Cibber, Colley--1671-1757, Fiction
Cibber, Colley: Works Contd 163 , 215 , 236 , 246...first Mrs Theophilus , 150 , 180 Cibber, Jane Colley Mrs Caius Gabriel , 4 Cibber, Katherine...5 , 17 , 18 Colley, Jane, see Cibber, Jane Colley Colley coat of arms, 3 n Collier...
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Richard's Himself Again: A Stage History of Richard III
Book by Scott Colley; Greenwood Press, 1992
Subjects: Richard--Iii--King Of England--1452-1485--In Literature, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--King Richard Iii, Shakespeare, William--1564-1616--Stage History
...The Ricardian , no. 30 September 1970 : 8-9. Cibber Colley. Anonymous review of his Richard III. Grubb Street...1734. -----. An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber . Ed. B. R. S. Fone. Ann Arbor, MI: 1968...
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Nobility, Visibility, and Publicity in Colley Cibber's Apology
Journal article by Brian Glover; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 42, 2002
Subjects: An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Autobiographies--18th century, Cibber, Colley--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English literature, 1700-1775 (Early 18th century)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Publicity--History, Theater--18th century
...is An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber? While this question has not...larger institution in himself; I, Colley Cibber, am a public person in that sense...to An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, with an Historical View of the...
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Reading the Surfaces of Colley Cibber's the Careless Husband
Journal article by Beth Kowaleski Wallace; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 40, 2000
Subjects: Cibber, Colley--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English drama--18th century, Self in literature--Analysis, The Careless Husband (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Belles Stratagem, 2d edn. (London: T. Cadell, 1787), III.ii, p.28. (11.) Colley Cibber, The Careless Husband, in The Plays of Colley Cibber, ed. Rodney L. Hayley, 2 vols. (New York: Garland, 1980), 1:325-408. The...
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Cato's Ghosts: Pope, Addison, and Opposition Cultural Politics
Journal article by Jorge Bastos Da Silva; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 38, 2005
Subjects: Addison, Joseph--Criticism and interpretation, Cato the Younger--Portrayals, Cato: A Tragedy (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Cato: A Tragedy (Play)--Political aspects, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Political satire--Criticism and interpretation, Political satires--Criticism and interpretation, Pope, Alexander--Criticism and interpretation
...conspicuously rewarding the leading actor. As Colley Cibber recorded, "one Day, while the Play was...Narrative History. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004. Cibber, Colley. An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber. 1740. Ed. B. R. S. Fone. Mineola...
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Introduction: Pope on the Margins and in the Center
Journal article by Flavio Gregori; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 38, 2005
Subjects: Marginality, Social--Influence, Poets--Behavior, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Pope, Alexander--Behavior, Pope, Alexander--Criticism and interpretation, Social marginality--Influence, Social status
...Whitehead. London, 1739. Cibber, Colley. A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope, Inquiring into...Cambridge UP, 1989. Sawney and Colley (1742), and Other Pope Pamphlets...Kristina. "Men from Boys: Cibber, Pope and the Schoolboys...
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Dislocating Shakespeare: Scene Locators and the Place of the Page
Journal article by Paul Menzer; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 24, 2006
Subjects: Setting (Literature)--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William--Criticism and interpretation, Stage management--Methods, Theater production--Methods, Theater--Methods, Theater--Production and direction, Theatrical production--Methods
...consigned to the study, for Colley Cibbers rewrite had premiered...in July 1700. (3) Cibber appended considerable...poet he meant was not Colley Cibber or Alexander Pope. Despite...California Press, 1997. Cibber, Colley. The Tragical History...
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magazine articles on: Cibber Colley  - 3 results

 
 
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How Does Your Garden Grow? Conversations with 6 Actors Who Teach
Magazine article by David Byron; American Theatre, Vol. 22, January 2005
Subjects: Abraham, F. Murray--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Abraham, F. Murray--Interviews, Acting--Study and teaching, Actors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Actors--Interviews, Actors--Training, Actresses--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Actresses--Interviews, Actresses--Training, Dukakis, Olympia--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Dukakis, Olympia--Interviews, King, Floyd--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Seldes, Marian--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Shaw, Fiona--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Shaw, Fiona--Interviews, Sinise, Gary--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Sinise, Gary--Interviews
...chance. <br/ --An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740), by Colley Cibber <br/ Everybody in the world thinks they know...and <br/ acting.--Floyd King <br/ POOR COLLEY CIBBER. THE MOST POPULAR comedic actor of his time...
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Blaming & Shaming in Whores' Memoirs: Sex, Scandals and Celebrity Were All Part of a Blame and Shame Culture That Existed in the 18th Century, One That Often Fed off the Misfortune of Women at the Hands of Men. Julie Peakman Looks at How Prostitutes, Courtesans and Ladies with Injured Reputations Took Up the Pen in Retaliation
Magazine article by Julie Peakman; History Today, Vol. 59, August 2009
Subjects: British history--Social aspects, Memoirs--Authorship, Prostitutes--History, Prostitutes--Portrayals, Prostitutes--Works
...to establish herself as a writer. Here she gained the patronage of the actor, playwright and later Poet Laureate, Colley Cibber. Determined to make a go of it, she opened a print shop below her lodgings in St Jamess Street, but soon fell into...
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In Their Youth
Magazine article by Jeffrey Meyers; New Criterion, Vol. 25, April 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Friendship: Wordsworth and Coleridge (Book)--Book reviews
...criticism, are unusually contentious. Their personal quarrels, which spill into print, are notorious: Pope and Colley Cibber, Johnson and Lord Chesterfield, Ruskin and Whistler, Wells and Henry James, Wilson and Nabokov. These bitter fights...


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Review: Glorious and Magical Theatre at Its Finest; an Apology for the Life of an Actor the Other Place, Stratford upon Avon
Newspaper article by Richard Edmonds; The Birmingham Post (England), February 19, 2000
...performance as the 18th century comic actor Colley Cibber With consummate skill, Mr Ryall...its colour and its smells of which Cibber was so intricate a part. Here are...the lady retrieved eventually by Cibber so that he would avoid losing his...
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Music-Making in History
Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, June 11, 2000
Subjects: Handel, George Frideric
...wordbook, it being well known, among much besides, that the popular actress Mrs. Cibber (Susanna Maria Cibber, onetime daughter-in-law of Colley Cibber who became poet laureate) was the best-known of the soloists that afternoon, and...
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' Poetry Is in Your Everyday Life, Your Memory, in What People Say on the Bus .. or Just What's in Your Heart' WORLD EXCLUSIVE Our New Poet Laureate's First Interview
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 2, 2009
...Laureate, the full list.. 1668 John Dryden 1688 Thomas Shadwell 1715 Nicholas Rowe 1718 Rev Laurence Eusden 1730 Colley Cibber 1757 William Whitehead 1692 Nahum Tate 1790 Henry James Pye 1813 Robert Southey 1843 William Wordsworth 1785 Rev Thomas...
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After a 341-Year Wait, Carol Ann Is the First Woman Poet Laureate; Scot Lands Royal Post
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), May 2, 2009
...John Dryden 1688: Thomas Shadwell 1692: Nahum Tate 1715: Nicholas Rowe 1718: Reverend Laurence Eusden 1730: Colley Cibber 1757: William Whitehead 1785: Reverend Thomas Warton 1790: Henry James Pye 1813: Robert Southey 1843: William...


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encyclopedia articles on: Cibber Colley  - 8 results

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Cibber, Colley
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CIBBER, COLLEY sib r, 1671 1757, English dramatist and actor-manager...the theater of this period. See R. H. Barker, Mr. Cibber of Drury Lane (1939); L. Ashley, Colley Cibber (1965). Both his son, Theophilus Cibber, 1703 58...
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Drama, Western
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...English stage. Such playwrights as Sir Richard Steele and Colley Cibber in England and Marivaux in France contributed to the...offer a more interesting potential than the sentiment of Cibber, this line of development was cut off by the Licensing...
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Clive, Kitty
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Raftor), 1711 85, English singer and actress. She made her debut (c.1728) at Drury Lane under the management of Colley Cibber and worked for many years with David Garrick, with whom she never got along. Her charm, wit, and vivacity, linked...
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Poet Laureate
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Thomas Shadwell (1688 92), Nahum Tate (1692 1715), Nicholas Rowe (1715 18), Laurence Eusden (1718 30), Colley Cibber (1730 57), William Whitehead (1757 85), Thomas Warton (1785 90), Henry Pye (1790 1813), Robert Southey...
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Bracegirdle, Anne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BRACEGIRDLE, ANNE 1663? 1748, English actress. A pupil of Betterton, she was the delight of Colley Cibber and the favorite of Congreve, achieving her greatest successes as the heroines of Congreves comedies, which were written for...
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