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Colley Cibber, gelegentl. Cooley Cibber, war ein britischer Schauspieler, Theaterleiter, Impresario, Dramatiker und Dichter.
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.
Colley Cibber (born Nov. 6, 1671, London, Eng.—died Dec. 11, 1757, London) was an English actor, theatre manager, playwright, and poet laureate of England, whose play Love’s Last Shift; or, The Fool in Fashion (1696) is generally considered the first sentimental comedy, a form of drama that dominated the English stage for nearly a century.
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Colley Cibber, gelegentl. Cooley Cibber, war ein britischer Schauspieler, Theaterleiter, Impresario, Dramatiker und Dichter.
12. Aug. 2022 · Actor, playwright, theatre manager and Poet Laureate, Colley Cibber (pronounced Sibber) is the fall guy of English Literature, a man better known for the mockery he incurred than for his real achievements.
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber is a memoir by the British playwright, actor-manager and current Poet Laureate published in 1740. Popular with the public, it was both an autobiography of Cibber's career and a more general history of the Restoration theatre .
Learn about Colley Cibber, a dramatist, actor and poet laureate in early Georgian England. See his portraits, biography and links to related topics.
