See also:

• COLLEY, SIR GEORGE POMEROY (1835-1881)

COLLEY See also:

• CIBBER (or CIBERT), CAIUS GABRIEL (163o-1700)
• COLLEY CIBBER (1671-1757)

CIBBER (1671-1757)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English actor and dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London on the 6th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1671, the eldest son of See also:

• CAIUS
• CAIUS [Anglice KEES, KEYS, etc.], JOHN (1510-1573)

Caius See also:

• GABRIEL (Heb. SKns, man of God)

Gabriel See also:

• CIBBER (or CIBERT), CAIUS GABRIEL (163o-1700)
• CIBBER, COLLEY (1671-1757)

Cibber, the sculptor . Sent in 1682 to the See also:

• FREE

free school at See also:

• GRANTHAM
• GRANTHAM, THOMAS ROBINSON

Grantham, See also:

• LINCOLNSHIRE

Lincolnshire, the boy distinguished himself by an aptitude for See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse . He produced an Oration " on the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II.—whom he had seen feeding his ducks in St See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James's See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park,—and an " See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

Ode " on the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of James II . He was removed from school in 1687 on the See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance of See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election to See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College . His See also:

• FATHER

father, however, had not then presented that institution with his statue of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William of Wykeham, and the son was rejected, although through his See also:

• MOTHER

mother he claimed to be of " founder's See also:

• KIN (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all Teutonic languages, cf. Du. kunne, Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic base is kunya; the equivalent Aryan root gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, Lat. genus, cf. "kind")

kin." The boy went to London, and indulged his See also:

• PASSION (post-classical Lat. passio, formed from pati, passus, to suffer, endure)

passion for the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre . He was invited to See also:

• CHATSWORTH

Chatsworth, the seat of William See also:

• CAVENDISH
• CAVENDISH, GEORGE (1500-1562?)
• CAVENDISH, HENRY (1731-1810)
• CAVENDISH, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1505-1557)

Cavendish, See also:

• EARL

earl (afterwards See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke) of See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire, for whom his father was then executing commissions, and he was on his way when the See also:

• NEWS

news of the landing of William of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange was received; father and son met at See also:

• NOTTINGHAM
• NOTTINGHAM, CHARLES HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF1 (1536-1624)
• NOTTINGHAM, EARLS OF

Nottingham, and See also:

• COLLEY, SIR GEORGE POMEROY (1835-1881)

Colley Cibber was taken into Devonshire's See also:

• COMPANY

company of See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers . He served in the bloodless See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign that resulted in the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince of Orange, and on its conclusion presented a Latin See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition to the earl imploring his See also:

• INTEREST

interest . The earl did nothing for him, however, and he enrolled himself (169o) as an actor in See also:

• BETTERTON, THOMAS (c. 1635-1710)

Betterton's company at See also:

• DRURY, SIR WILLIAM (1527-1579)

Drury See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane . After playing " full three-quarters of a See also:

• YEAR

year " without See also:

• SALARY

salary, as was then the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of all apprentice actors, he was paid ten shillings a See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week . His rendering of the little See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain in See also:

• OTWAY, THOMAS (1652-1685)

Otway's See also:

• ORPHAN

Orphan procured him a rise of five shillings; and a subsequent impersonation (1694) on an emergency, and at the author's See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request, of See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Touchwood in The See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

Double Dealer, advanced him, on See also:

• CONGREVE, RICHARD (1818-1899)
• CONGREVE, SIR WILLIAM
• CONGREVE, WILLIAM (167o-1729)

Congreve's recommendation, to a See also:

• POUND
• POUND (2)—(a)

pound a week . On this, supplemented by an See also:

• ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance of £20 a year from his father, he contrived to live with his wife and See also:

• FAMILY

family—he had married in 1693—and to produce a See also:

• PLAY

play, Love's Last Shift, or the See also:

• FOOL (O. Fr. fol, modern fou, foolish, from a Late Latin use of follis, bellows, a ball filled with air, for a stupid person, a jester, a wind-bag)

Fool in See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

Fashion (1696) . Of this See also:

• COMEDY

comedy Congreve said that it had " a See also:

• GREAT

great many things that were like wit in it "; and See also:

• VANBRUGH, SIR JOHN (1664-1726)

Vanbrugh honoured it by writing his Relapse as a sequel .

Cibber played the part of See also:

• SIR

Sir Novelty Fashion, and his performance as Lord Foppington, the same See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character renamed, in Vanbrugh's piece, established his reputation as an actor . In 1698 he was assailed, with other dramatists, by See also:

• JEREMY, EPISTLE OF

Jeremy See also:

• COLLIER, ARTHUR (1680-1732)
• COLLIER, JEREMY (1650-1726)
• COLLIER, JOHN PAYNE (1789–1883)

Collier in the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short View . In November 1702 he produced, at Drury Lane, She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not; or the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

Kind Impostor, one of his best comedies; and in 1704, for himself and Mrs See also:

• OLDFIELD, ANNE (1683–173o)

Oldfield, The Careless See also:

• HUSBAND

Husband, which See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace See also:

• WALPOLE, HORATIO
• WALPOLE, SIR SPENCER (1839-1907)

Walpole classed, with Cibber's See also:

• APOLOGY (from Gr. &aoXoyia, defence)

Apology, as " worthy of See also:

• IMMORTALITY (Lat. in-, not, mortalis, mortal, from mors, death)

immortality." In 1706 Cibber See also:

• LEFT

left Drury Lane for the Haymarket, but when the two companies See also:

• UNITED

united two years later he rejoined his old theatre through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his friend See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel Brett, a shareholder . Brett made over his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share to Wilks, See also:

• ESTCOURT, RICHARD (1668–1712)

Estcourt and Cibber . Complaints against the management of See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

Rich led, in 1709, to the closing of the theatre by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• CROWN

crown, and William Collier obtained the patent . After a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of intrigues Collier was bought out by Wilks, See also:

• DOGGETT (or DOGGET), THOMAS (d. 1721)

Doggett and Cibber, under whose management Drury Lane became more prosperous than it ever had been . In 1715 a new patent was granted to Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• STEELE
• STEELE, ANNE (1717-1778)
• STEELE, SIR RICHARD (1672-1729)
• STEELE, THOMAS (1788-1848)
• STEELE, WILLIAM (d. 1680)

Steele, and See also:

• BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH (1766-1815)
• BARTON, BERNARD (1784–1849)
• BARTON, CLARA (1821– )
• BARTON, ELIZABETH (c. 1506–1534)

Barton See also:

• BOOTH (connected with a Teutonic root meaning to dwell, whence also " bower ")
• BOOTH, BARTON (1681–1933)
• BOOTH, CHARLES (184o– )
• BOOTH, EDWIN [THOMAS] (1833–1893)

Booth was also added to the management . In 1717 Cibber produced the Nonjuror, an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation from See also:

• MOLIERE (1622-1673)

Moliere's Tartuffe; the play, for which See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas Rowe wrote an abusive See also:

• PROLOGUE (from Gr. 7rpo, before, and Myer, a word)

prologue, ran eighteen nights, and the author received from See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George I., to whom it was dedicated, a See also:

• PRESENT

present of two See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred guineas . Tartuffe became an English See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest who incited See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion, and there is little doubt that the Whig principles expressed in the Nonjuror led to Cibber's See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as poet See also:

• LAUREATE (Lat. laureatus, from laurea, the laurel tree)

laureate (1730) . It also provoked the animosity of the Jacobite and Catholic factions, and was possibly one of the causes of See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope's hostility to Cibber . Numerous keys " to the Nonjuror appeared in 1718 . In 172o Drury Lane was closed for three days by order of the duke of See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle, ostensibly on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the refusal of the patentees to submit to the authority of the lord See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

chamberlain, but really (it is asserted) because of a See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel between Newcastle and Steele, in which the former demanded Cibber's resignation .

In 1726 Cibber pleaded the cause of the patentees against the See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate of Sir Richard Steele before Sir See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph Jekyll, See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the rolls, and won his See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case . In 1730 Mrs Oldfield died, and her loss was followed in 1732 by that of Wilks; Cibber now sold his share in the theatre, appearing rarely on the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage thereafter . In 1740 he published An Apology for the See also:

• LIFE

Life of Colley Gibber, Comedian . . . with an See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical View of the Stage during his Own See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

Time . " There are few," wrote See also:

• GOLDSMITH
• GOLDSMITH, LEWIS (c. 1763–1846)
• GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728–1774)

Goldsmith, " who do not prefer a See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page of See also:

• MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE (1533-1592)

Montaigne or Colley Cibber, who candidly tell us what they thought of the See also:

• WORLD

world, and the world thought of them, to the more stately See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs and transactions of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe." But beside the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal interest, this See also:

• BOOK

book contains criticisms on acting of enduring value, and gives the best account there is of Cibber's contemporaries on the London stage . See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson, who was no friend of Cibber, gave it grudging praise (see See also:

• BOSWELL, JAMES (1740-1795)

Boswell's Life of Johnson, ed . See also:

• BIRKBECK, GEORGE (1776-1841)

Birkbeck See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill, vol. iii. p . 72) . In 1742 Cibber was substituted for See also:

• THEOBALD, (d. 1161)
• THEOBALD, LEWIS (1688-1744)

Theobald as the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero of Pope's Dunciad . Cibber had introduced some gag into the See also:

• REHEARSAL (from " rehearse," to say over again, repeat, recount, O.Fr. rehercer, from re, again, and hercer, to harrow, cf. " hearse," the original meaning being to rake or go over the same ground again as with a harrow)

Rehearsal, in which he played the part of Bayes, referring to the See also:

• ILL

ill-starred See also:

• FARCE

farce of Three See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

Hours after See also:

• MARRIAGE

Marriage (1717) . This play was nominally by See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

Gay, but Pope and See also:

• ARBUTHNOT, ALEXANDER (1538-1583)
• ARBUTHNOT, JOHN (1667-1735)

Arbuthnot were known to have had a See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand in it . Cibber refused to discontinue the offensive passage, and Pope revenged himself in sarcastic allusions in his printed See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence, in the See also:

• EPISTLE

Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot and in the Dunciad .

To these, Cibber replied with A See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

Letter from Mr Gibber to Mr Pope, inquiring into the motives that might induce him in his satirical See also:

• WORKS

works to be so frequently fond of Mr Libber's name (1742) . Cibber scored with an " idle See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of Pope's behaviour in a See also:

• TAVERN

tavern " inserted in this letter, and gives an account of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original dispute over the Rehearsal . By the substitution of Cibber for Theobald as hero of the Dunciad, much of the See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire lost its point . Cibber's faults certainly did not include dullness . A new edition contained a prefatory discourse, probably the See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• WARBURTON, BARTHOLOMEW ELLIOTT GEORGE (1810-1852)
• WARBURTON, COLONEL SIR ROBERT (1842–1899)
• WARBURTON, WILLIAM (1698–1779)

Warburton, entitled . " Ricardus See also:

• ARISTARCHUS

Aristarchus, or the Hero of the Poem," in which Libber is made to look ridiculous from his own Apology . Libber replied in 1744 with Another Occasional Letter ..., and altogether he had the best of the See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument . When he was seventy-four years old he made his last See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance on the stage as See also:

• PANDULPH [PANDOLFO] (d. 1226)

Pandulph in his own Papal Tyranny in the Reign of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John (Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1745), a miserable See also:

• PARAPHRASE (Gr. irapa¢pavis, from rrapa4p4av, to relate something in different words, 'raga, beside, and ¢pai"eav, speak, tell)

paraphrase of See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's play . He died on the 11th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1757 . Cibber's reputation has suffered unduly from the depreciation of Pope and Johnson . " I could not See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear such nonsense," said Johnson of one of Cibber's odes, " and I would not let him read it to the end." See also:

• FIELDING, ANTHONY VANDYKE COPLEY (1787-1855)
• FIELDING, HENRY (1707-1754)
• FIELDING, WILLIAM STEVENS (1848– )

Fielding attacked Cibber's See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language more than once in Joseph See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews and elsewhere . Nevertheless, Cibber possessed wit, unusual See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sense and tact; and in the Apology he showed himself the most delicate and subtle critic of acting of his time .

He was frequently accused of See also:

• PLAGIARISM

plagiarism, and did not See also:

• SCRUPLE

scruple to make use of old plays, but he is said to have been ashamed of his Shakespearian adaptations, one of which, however, Richard III . (Drury Lane, 1700), kept its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place as the acting version until 1821 . Cibber is rebuked for his See also:

• MUTILATION (from Lat. mutilus, maimed)

mutilation of . Shakespeare by Fielding in the Historical See also:

• REGISTER

Register for 1736, where he figures as Ground See also:

• IVY (A.S. ifig, Ger. Epheu, perhaps connected with apium, anent)

Ivy . If Libber had not as much wit as his predecessors, he displayed in his best plays abundant animation and spirit, free from the extreme coarseness of many of his contemporaries, and a thorough knowledge of the requirements of the stage . His most successful comedies kept their place in the acting repertory for a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long time . He was an excellent actor, especially in the role of the fashionable coxcomb . Horace Walpole said that as Bayes in The Rehearsal he made the part what it was intended to be, the See also:

• BURLESQUE (Ital. burlesco, from burla, a joke, fun, playful trick)

burlesque of a great poet, whereas See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick degraded him to a " garretteer." The Apology was edited in 1822 by E . Bellchambers and in 1889 by R . W . See also:

• LOWE, JOHANN KARL GOTTFRIED (1796-1869)
• LOWE, SIR HUDSON (1769-1844)

Lowe, who printed with it other valuable theatrical books and See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets . It is also included in See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• HUNT, ROBERT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

Hunt and See also:

• CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
• CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
• CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
• CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
• CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
• CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
• CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
• CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
• CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
• CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
• CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
• CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)

Clarke's Auto-See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies (1826, &c.) .

Cibber's Dramatic Works were published in 1760, with an account of the life and writings of the author, and again in 1777 . Besides the plays already mentioned, he wrote Woman's Wit, or the See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady in Fashion (1697), which was altered later (1707) into The Schoolboy, or the Comical Rivals; See also:

• XERXES (the Greek form of the Pers. Khshayarsha; Old Testament Ahasverus, Akhashverosh—i.e. Ahasuerus (q.v.)—with wrong vocalization and substitution of y for v, instead of Akhshavarsh; in Aramaic inscriptions and papyri from Egypt the name is written Khs

Xerxes (1699), a tragedy acted only once; The Provoked Husband (acted 1728), completed from Vanbrugh's unfinished See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

Journey to London; The See also:

• RIVAL

Rival Queens, with the Humours of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander the Great (acted 1710), a comical tragedy; See also:

• DAMON

Damon and Phyllida (acted 1729), a ballad See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera; and adaptations from See also:

• BEAUMONT
• BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT
• BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHE DE (1703-1781)
• BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583–1627)

Beaumont and See also:

• FLETCHER, ALICE CUNNINGHAM (1845– )
• FLETCHER, ANDREW
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1548-1611)
• FLETCHER, GILES (c. 1584-1623)
• FLETCHER, JOHN WILLIAM (1729-1785)
• FLETCHER, PHINEAS (1582-1650)

Fletcher, See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden, Moliere and See also:

• CORNEILLE, PIERRE (1606–1684)
• CORNEILLE, THOMAS (1625-1709)

Corneille . A bibliography of the numerous skits on Cibber is to be found in Lowe's See also:

• BIBLIOGRAPHICAL

Bibliographical Account of English Theatrical Literature . Colley Cibber's son, See also:

• THEOPHILUS

THEOPHILUS CIBBER (1703-1758), also an actor and playwright, was born on the 26th of November 1703 . In 1734 he was acting-manager at the Haymarket, and he subsequently played at Drury Lane, See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

Fields and Covent Garden . His best impersonation was as See also:

• PISTOL

Pistol, but he also distinguished himself in some of the See also:

• FINE

fine-See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman parts affected by his father . He was one of the ringleaders in the intrigues against John Highmore, who had bought a share in the patent of Drury Lane from Colley Cibber . Theophilus Cibber, with a number of other actors, seceded from Drury Lane, and in thus depreciating the value of the patent, for which his father had received a considerable sum, acted with doubtful honesty . He contemplated the publication of an autobiography, but was effectually dissuaded by the appearance (1740) of a scathing account of his career by an unknown author, entitled An Apology for the Life of Mr T . . .. C .. . . supposed to be written by himself .

In 1753 he began The Lives and Characters of the most Eminent Actors and Actresses of Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, but he went no further than the life of Barton Booth . He wrote some plays of no great merit . In 1753 appeared An Account of the Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, with the name of " Mr Cibber " on the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title page . The five volumes of Lives are chiefly based on the earlier works of See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard Langbaine and See also:

• GILES (GIL, GILLES), ST

Giles See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob, and the MS. collections of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Coxeter (1689—1747) . The book is said to have been largely written by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Shiels, Dr Johnson's See also:

• AMANUENSIS (a Latin word, derived from the phrase servus a menu, slave of the hand, a secretary)

amanuensis . Theophilus Cibber perished by shipwreck on his way to See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin to play at the Theatre Royal .