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3 giorni fa · In lodgings at a house near the "Castle Tavern" and Tea Gardens, old Colley Cibber, the best fop that ever appeared on the stage, died in 1757, aged eighty-six. As one of Pope's most recalcitrant butts, as the author of the Careless Husband , and as poet laureate, Cibber occupied a prominent place among the lesser lights of the long ...
5 giorni fa · The Life of Colley Cibber, published in 1740, mentions "a famous Puppet-shew" which was formerly to be seen in Salisbury Change. n10. James Paine gained a reputation for his designs for country mansions, Kenleston Hall, completed by the brothers Adam, being one of his most important works.
2 giorni fa · Southampton Street, which connects this square with Holborn, witnessed the birth of Colley Cibber, in November, 1671. At the south-west corner of this street, with its principal entrance in Holborn, is the Chief Post and Telegraph Office of the Western Central District.
4 giorni fa · This building lasted nearly 120 years, under leadership including Colley Cibber, David Garrick, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. In 1791, under Sheridan's management, the building was demolished to make way for a still larger theatre which opened in 1794.
2 giorni fa · Playwrights like Colley Cibber and Richard Steele believed that humans were inherently good but capable of being led astray. Through plays such as The Conscious Lovers and Love's Last Shift they strove to appeal to an audience's noble sentiments in order that viewers could be reformed.
2 giorni fa · Samuel Richardson was an English novelist who expanded the dramatic possibilities of the novel by his invention and use of the letter form (“epistolary novel”). His major novels were Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1747–48). Richardson was 50 years old when he wrote Pamela, but of his first 50 years.
5 giorni fa · Omar Colley, ex difensore della Sampdoria, è tornato a Bogliasco per un saluto ai suoi ex compagni di squadra. L’ambiente genovese è molto diverso da quello nel quale vive attualmente il centrale.
