Nov 15, 2009
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian | An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian
At a glance:
- Author: Colley Cibber
- First Published: 1740
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: Late seventeenth and early eighteenth
centuries
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Colley Cibber, William Congreve, Sir John Vanbrugh, John Gay, Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Alexander Pope
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Acting or actors, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, London, Drama or dramatists, Dramatic criticism
- Locales: England
To read Colley Cibber’s APOLOGY is to recapture
intimate views of London theatrical, social, and literary life during
the last decade of the seventeenth and the first quarter of the
following century, as observed by a successful actor and theatrical
manager, a playwright of sorts, and a man of shrewd insight into his
own foibles and those of his fellows.
Published ten years after his retirement from the stage (1730) and
his acceptance of the poet laureateship, this autobiography is a frank
and engaging account of his childhood experiences as the son of a
well-known...
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