Cibber, Colley
Cibber, Colley (1671–1757),a successful actor, manager, and dramatist who began his theatrical career playing small parts for the United Company at Drury Lane. He achieved prominence in the lead role of his own adaptation of Richard III (1699), and was appointed Poet Laureate in 1730. Endlessly involved in feuds and theatre politics, his Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber (1740) is a valuable source of stage history. He played Gloucester, Iago, Edmund, and Wolsey but, best suited to comedy, Shallow was considered his finest role. His final appearance was as Pandulph in his adaptation of King John, Papal Tyranny.
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