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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. Popular with the public, it was both an autobiography of Cibber's career and a more general history of the Restoration theatre .
An apology for the life of Mr. Colley Cibber written by himself. A new ed. with notes and supplement by Robert W. Lowe. by. Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757; Aston, Tony, ca. 1682-ca. 1753; Lowe, Robert William, 1853-1902; Wright, James, 1643-1713. Publication date. 1889. Topics.
14 mag 2018 · An apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian, and late patentee of the Theatre-Royal : with an historical view of the stage during his own time : Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
This new edition annotates Cibber’s narrative in greater detail than any of its predecessors. It also offers the first modernized text of the Apology. Previous editions feature eighteenth-century orthography, or rather the version of it put under strain by Cibber’s elastic syntax.
5 giorni fa · His response to his critics, An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, is often described as the first theatrical autobiography, and even as the first secular autobiography in English. But what kind of text is it – intimate confession or cunning pose? History of the stage or political polemic? Rambling or purposeful?
20 giu 2024 · An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian and Late Patentee of the Theatre Royal Edited with Introduction and Notes by David Roberts Online ISBN: 9781009093019
29 ott 2013 · An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 1 (of 2) by Colley Cibber. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
