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	~~'''Colley Cibber''' was an important actor~~, playwright, theatre manager and [[Poet Laureate\|poet laureate]] under King [[George II]]. He was famous for creating the roles of [[fop]]s. His conflict with [[Alexander Pope]], who portrayed him as a sycophantic dunce in ''The Dunciad'', is well known.		Actor, playwright, theatre manager and [[Poet Laureate\|poet laureate]] under King [[George II]]. He was famous for creating the roles of [[fop]]s. His conflict with [[Alexander Pope]], who portrayed him as a sycophantic dunce in ''The Dunciad'', is well known.

	==Life==		==Life==

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	===Links===		===Links===
	* Adams, William Davenport. "Colley Cibber." ''TheatreHistory.com'', 2006, originally published in ''A Dictionary of the Drama',. W. Davenport Adams, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1904. http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/cibber001.html ~~Biography on theatrehistory.com~~.		* Adams, William Davenport. "Colley Cibber." ''TheatreHistory.com'', 2006, originally published in ''A Dictionary of the Drama',. W. Davenport Adams, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1904. http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/cibber001.html.
	* Cibber, Colley. ''An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber.'' Vol 1, ed. by Robert W. Lowe, London: J. C. Nimmo, 1889, https://archive.org/details/apologyforlifeof01cibb.		* Cibber, Colley. ''An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber.'' Vol 1, ed. by Robert W. Lowe, London: J. C. Nimmo, 1889, https://archive.org/details/apologyforlifeof01cibb.
	* Cibber, Colley. ''An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber.'' Vol 2, ed. by Robert W. Lowe, London: J. C. Nimmo, 1889, https://archive.org/details/anapologyforlife02cibbuoft.		* Cibber, Colley. ''An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber.'' Vol 2, ed. by Robert W. Lowe, London: J. C. Nimmo, 1889, https://archive.org/details/anapologyforlife02cibbuoft.
	* "The Blind Boy - Poem by Colley Cibber." ''PoemHunter.com'', http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-blind-boy/.		* "The Blind Boy - Poem by Colley Cibber." ''PoemHunter.com'', http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-blind-boy/.

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	==References and Further Reading==		==References and Further Reading==
	* Barker, R. H. ''Mr Cibber of Drury Lane''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1939.		* Barker, R. H. ''Mr Cibber of Drury Lane''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1939.
			* Coward, Barry, ed. ''A Companion to Stuart Britain.'' Malden: Blackwell, 2003.
	* Lowe, Robert (ed). ''An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber.''. New York: AMS Press, 1966.		* Lowe, Robert (ed). ''An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber.''. New York: AMS Press, 1966.
			* MacLean, Gerald (ed). ''Culture and society in the Stuart Restoration - literature, drama, history.'' Cambridge: CUP, 1995.
	* Owen, Susan. ''Perspectives on Restoration drama.'' Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002.		* Owen, Susan. ''Perspectives on Restoration drama.'' Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002.
	* MacLean, Gerald (ed). ''Culture and society in the Stuart Restoration - literature, drama, history.'' Cambridge: CUP, 1995.
	* Coward, Barry, ed. ''A Companion to Stuart Britain.'' Malden: Blackwell, 2003.

	===Links===		===Links===
	* [http://~~etext~~.~~lib~~.~~virginia.edu~~/~~etcbin~~/~~toccer-new2?id=Cib1Apo~~.~~sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all~~ ''An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber'', ~~vol~~.~~1] and [http~~:~~//etext~~.~~lib~~.~~virginia.edu~~/~~etcbin~~/~~toccer-new2?id=Cib2Apo~~.~~sgm&images=images~~/~~modeng&data=~~/~~texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all vol 2]~~		* Adams, William Davenport. "Colley Cibber." ''TheatreHistory.com'', 2006, originally published in ''A Dictionary of the Drama',. W. Davenport Adams, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1904. http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/cibber001.html Biography on theatrehistory.com.
	* ~~[http~~://~~www.theatrehistory~~.~~com~~/~~british~~/~~cibber001~~.~~html Biography on theatrehistory~~.com]		* Cibber, Colley. ''An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber.'' Vol 1, ed. by Robert W. Lowe, London: J. C. Nimmo, 1889, https://archive.org/details/apologyforlifeof01cibb.
	* [http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-blind-boy/ ~~The Blind Boy, a poem by Colley Cibber]~~		* Cibber, Colley. ''An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber.'' Vol 2, ed. by Robert W. Lowe, London: J. C. Nimmo, 1889, https://archive.org/details/anapologyforlife02cibbuoft.
			* "The Blind Boy - Poem by Colley Cibber." ''PoemHunter.com'', http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-blind-boy/.

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	'''Colley Cibber''' was an important ~~Restoration~~ actor, playwright, theatre manager and [[Poet Laureate\|poet laureate]] under King [[George II]]. He was famous for creating the roles of [[fop]]s. His conflict with [[Alexander Pope]], who portrayed him as a sycophantic dunce, is well known.		'''Colley Cibber''' was an important actor, playwright, theatre manager and [[Poet Laureate\|poet laureate]] under King [[George II]]. He was famous for creating the roles of [[fop]]s. His conflict with [[Alexander Pope]], who portrayed him as a sycophantic dunce in ''The Dunciad'', is well known.

	==Life==		==Life==
	Cibber was born in 1671 in London. At the age of 19 he became an actor at [[Drury Lane]], under [[Christopher Rich]], who only three years later, in 1693, merged the two companies (the [[Duke's company]] and [[King's company]]) to form the [[United Company]]. In 1693 Cibber married Katherine Shore. Disappointed by a lack of roles that were to his taste, in 1696 he wrote ''Love's Last Shift'', a comedy in which he played a [[fop]] with the telling name "Sir Novelty Fashion". The play became a big hit and made his name both as a playwright and as an actor. In 1699 he adapted Shakespeare's ''Richard III'', which again was performed to much acclaim. But perhaps his greatest success was ''The Careless Husband'' of 1704, which tells the story of an unfaithful husband and his tolerant wife.		Cibber was born in 1671 in London. At the age of 19 he became an actor at [[Drury Lane]], under [[Christopher Rich]], who only three years later, in 1693, merged the two companies (the [[Duke's company]] and [[King's company]]) to form the [[United Company]]. In 1693 Cibber married Katherine Shore. Disappointed by a lack of roles that were to his taste, in 1696 he wrote ''Love's Last Shift'', a comedy in which he played a [[fop]] with the telling name Sir Novelty Fashion. The play became a big hit and made his name both as a playwright and as an actor. In 1699 he adapted Shakespeare's ''Richard III'', which again was performed to much acclaim. But perhaps his greatest success was ''The Careless Husband'' of 1704, which tells the story of an unfaithful husband and his tolerant wife.

			In 1710, Cibber, together with fellow actors [[Thomas Dogget]] and [[Robert Wilks]], bought the shares of the United Company, and from thereon served as manager. This position enabled him to cast himself into just the roles he liked. In 1730 Cibber was appointed [[Poet Laureate]], even though even he himself didn't think his verse was good enough. Most people agreed. But then the post was not rewarded for literary merits, but for the authors political usefulness. And with his comedy ''The Nonjuror'', Cibber had written a play against Tories.

	In 1710, Cibber, together with fellow actors [[Thomas Dogget]] and [[Robert Wilks]], bought the United Company, and from thereon served as manager. This position enabled him to cast himself into just the roles he liked. In 1730 Cibber was appointed [[Poet Laureate]], even though even he himself didn't think his verse was good enough. This also was one of the reasons for Pope's derision of him.

	==Conflict with Pope==		==Conflict with Pope==
	[[Alexander Pope]] thought very lowly of Colley Cibber and was outraged when he was appointed Poet Laureate. In 1728 he wrote [[~~the~~ Dunciad]], a mock-epic about the plans of Dullness, the goddess of stupidity, to expand her powers by way of the Dunces. One of the Dunces was Colley Cibber, even so mentioned by name. Pope continued to mock him, and in 1742 Cibber wrote ''A Letter from Mr. Cibber, to Mr. Pope, inquiring into the motives that might induce him in his Satyrical Works, to be so frequently fond of Mr. Cibber's name''. Pope answered by writing a new version of the Dunciad, which painted Cibber in an even worse light.		[[Alexander Pope]] thought very lowly of Colley Cibber and was outraged when he was appointed Poet Laureate. In 1728 he wrote [[The Dunciad]], a mock-epic about the plans of Dullness, the goddess of stupidity, to expand her powers by way of the Dunces. One of the Dunces was Colley Cibber, even so mentioned by name. Pope continued to mock him, and in 1742 Cibber wrote ''A Letter from Mr. Cibber, to Mr. Pope, inquiring into the motives that might induce him in his Satyrical Works, to be so frequently fond of Mr. Cibber's name''. Pope answered by writing a new version of the Dunciad, which painted Cibber in an even worse light.

	==Plays==		==Plays==

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	'''Colley Cibber''' was an important Restoration actor, playwright, theatre manager and [[Poet Laureate\|poet laureate]] under King [[George II]]. He was famous for creating the roles of [[fop]]s. His conflict with [[Alexander Pope]], who portrayed him as ~~asycophantic~~ dunce, is well known.		'''Colley Cibber''' was an important Restoration actor, playwright, theatre manager and [[Poet Laureate\|poet laureate]] under King [[George II]]. He was famous for creating the roles of [[fop]]s. His conflict with [[Alexander Pope]], who portrayed him as a sycophantic dunce, is well known.

	==Life==		==Life==

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	Restoration actor, playwright, theatre manager and [[Poet Laureate\|poet laureate]]. ~~Famous~~ for creating the roles of [[fop]]s. ~~Despised by~~ [[Alexander Pope]] as ~~sycophantic~~ dunce.		'''Colley Cibber''' was an important Restoration actor, playwright, theatre manager and [[Poet Laureate\|poet laureate]] under King [[George II]]. He was famous for creating the roles of [[fop]]s. His conflict with [[Alexander Pope]], who portrayed him as asycophantic dunce, is well known.

			==Life==
			Cibber was born in 1671 in London. At the age of 19 he became an actor at [[Drury Lane]], under [[Christopher Rich]], who only three years later, in 1693, merged the two companies (the [[Duke's company]] and [[King's company]]) to form the [[United Company]]. In 1693 Cibber married Katherine Shore. Disappointed by a lack of roles that were to his taste, in 1696 he wrote ''Love's Last Shift'', a comedy in which he played a [[fop]] with the telling name "Sir Novelty Fashion". The play became a big hit and made his name both as a playwright and as an actor. In 1699 he adapted Shakespeare's ''Richard III'', which again was performed to much acclaim. But perhaps his greatest success was ''The Careless Husband'' of 1704, which tells the story of an unfaithful husband and his tolerant wife.

			In 1710, Cibber, together with fellow actors [[Thomas Dogget]] and [[Robert Wilks]], bought the United Company, and from thereon served as manager. This position enabled him to cast himself into just the roles he liked. In 1730 Cibber was appointed [[Poet Laureate]], even though even he himself didn't think his verse was good enough. This also was one of the reasons for Pope's derision of him.

			==Conflict with Pope==
			[[Alexander Pope]] thought very lowly of Colley Cibber and was outraged when he was appointed Poet Laureate. In 1728 he wrote [[the Dunciad]], a mock-epic about the plans of Dullness, the goddess of stupidity, to expand her powers by way of the Dunces. One of the Dunces was Colley Cibber, even so mentioned by name. Pope continued to mock him, and in 1742 Cibber wrote ''A Letter from Mr. Cibber, to Mr. Pope, inquiring into the motives that might induce him in his Satyrical Works, to be so frequently fond of Mr. Cibber's name''. Pope answered by writing a new version of the Dunciad, which painted Cibber in an even worse light.

			==Plays==

			#''Love's Last Shift''
			#''Woman's Wit''
			#''Xerxes''
			#''Richard III''
			#''Love Makes a Man''
			#''The School Boy''
			#''She Would and She Would Not''
			#''The Careless Husband''
			#''Perolla and Izadora''
			#''The Comical Lovers''
			#''The Double Gallant''
			#''The Lady's Last Stake''
			#''The Rival Fools''
			#''The Rival Queans''
			#''Ximena''
			#''Venus and Adonis''
			#''Bulls and Bears''
			#''The Nonjuror''
			#''The Refusal''
			#''Cæsar in Egypt''
			#''The Provoked Husband''
			#''Love in a Riddle''
			#''Damon and Phillida''
			#''Papal Tyranny in the Reign of King John''

			==Autobiography==
			In 1740, Cibber wrote ''An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber'', his autobiography. It pioneered a new type of autobiography, moving away from a distant description to a more involved author. His work is particularly interesting for its descriptions of theatre life in the late Restoration and early Georgian periods.

			==References and Further Reading==
			* Barker, R. H. ''Mr Cibber of Drury Lane''. New York: Columbia University Press, 1939.
			* Lowe, Robert (ed). ''An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber.''. New York: AMS Press, 1966.
			* Owen, Susan. ''Perspectives on Restoration drama.'' Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002.
			* MacLean, Gerald (ed). ''Culture and society in the Stuart Restoration - literature, drama, history.'' Cambridge: CUP, 1995.
			* Coward, Barry, ed. ''A Companion to Stuart Britain.'' Malden: Blackwell, 2003.

			===Links===
			* [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Cib1Apo.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all ''An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber'', vol.1] and [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Cib2Apo.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=all vol 2]
			* [http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/cibber001.html Biography on theatrehistory.com]
			* [http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-blind-boy/ The Blind Boy, a poem by Colley Cibber]

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