AN APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF COLLEY CIBBER, COMEDIAN, AND LATE PATENTEE OF THE THEATRE-ROYAL WITH AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE STAGE DURING HIS OWN TIME (WRITTEN BY HIMSELF)
London, England: Printed by John Watts for the Author, and sold by W. Lewis in Russel-Street, near Convent-Garden, 1740. Leather-bound. Octavo. Half-smooth calf over marbled paper sides. Black leather title label, lettered iin gilt.. Four raised bands, border-ruled in gilt. Date stamped in gilt at bottom of spine. Foxing to title page (acidic endpaper?), but else clean throughout. Clean, nicely printed copy. A prime historical source not only for the theater, but also for the entire age. And,'very entertaining'--Dr. Johnson. VERY GOOD PLUS. Item #80789
Colley Cibber (1671-1757) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate of England. This colourful autobiography, An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber (1740), contains the best account of the theatre of his day and is an invaluable study of the art of acting as it was practiced by his contemporaries. (Britannica Site).
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