An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber

An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber is a memoir by the British playwright, actor-manager and current Poet Laureate published in 1740.[1] Popular with the public, it was both an autobiography of Cibber's career and a more general history of the Restoration theatre.[2]

An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
Portrait of Cibber at the front of the book.
AuthorColley Cibber
CountryGreat Britain
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiography
Publication date
1740
Media typePrint

References edit

  1. ^ McGirr p.28
  2. ^ Schoch p.149

Bibliography edit

  • Baines, Paul & Ferarro, Julian & Rogers, Pat. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660–1789. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
  • McGirr, Elaine M. Partial Histories: A Reappraisal of Colley Cibber. Springer, 2016.
  • Schoch, Richard. Writing the History of the British Stage: 1660–1900. Cambridge University Press, 2016.