1740 autobiography
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/An_apology_for_the_life_of_Mr._Colley_Cibber_-_Lowe_1889_-_Volume_1_-_Colley_Cibber.PNG/220px-An_apology_for_the_life_of_Mr._Colley_Cibber_-_Lowe_1889_-_Volume_1_-_Colley_Cibber.PNG) Portrait of Cibber at the front of the book. |
Author | Colley Cibber |
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Language | English |
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Genre | Autobiography |
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Publication date | 1740 |
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Publication place | Great Britain |
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Media type | Print |
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An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber is a memoir by the British playwright, actor-manager and current Poet Laureate published in 1740.[1] Popular with the public, it was both an autobiography of Cibber's career and a more general history of the Restoration theatre.[2]
References
- ^ McGirr p.28
- ^ Schoch p.149
Bibliography
- Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660–1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
- McGirr, Elaine M. Partial Histories: A Reappraisal of Colley Cibber. Springer, 2016.
- Schoch, Richard. Writing the History of the British Stage: 1660–1900. Cambridge University Press, 2016.