Colley Cibber

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Colley Cibber was an English actor-manager, playwright, and essayist of the early 18th century, best known for his comedies and his controversial prominence in the London theatrical world.

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Colley Cibber canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English actor
Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
essayist
person
playwright
theatre manager
co-managerOf Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1671-11-06
dateOfDeath 1757-12-11
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
employer Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
endTime 1757
father Caius Gabriel Cibber
gender male
genre comedy
theatre
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement Augustan literature
Restoration comedy
linked to: Restoration theatre
notableFor London theatre management
comic acting
controversial appointment as Poet Laureate
notableRole Lord Foppington
notableWork An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
Love's Last Shift
The Careless Husband
The Non-Juror
occupation actor
essayist
memoirist
playwright
theatre manager
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England
London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
London
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Poet Laureate of Great Britain
spouse Katherine Shore
startTime 1730
subjectOf The Dunciad
wrote An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
Love's Last Shift
The Careless Husband
The Non-Juror

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The Dunciad personSatirized Colley Cibber
Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot notableTarget Colley Cibber
Drury Lane Theatre notableManager Colley Cibber
Anne Bracegirdle contemporaryOf Colley Cibber
Lewis Theobald collaboratedWith Colley Cibber
Caius Gabriel Cibber child Colley Cibber
Caius Gabriel Cibber relative Colley Cibber