Author: Dorothy Senior
Publisher: London : Constable
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Life and Times of Colley Cibber
Author: Dorothy Senior
Publisher: London : Constable
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher: London : Constable
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber
Author: Colley Cibber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
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.
The Life and Times of Colley Cibber
Author: Francesca Dorothy Ponsonby Senior
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theater
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
LIFE AND TIMES OF COLLEY CIBBER
Author: F.D.P. SENIOR
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Colley Cibber
Author: Helene Koon
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318522X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Colley Cibber changed the course of the English-speaking theater. One of the most complete theater men in the history of the stage, he fostered the change from drama as the handmaiden of literature to theater as an independent and lively art. In the process, Cibber became one of London's brightest stars, one of its most popular playwrights and, for thirty years, manager of the most important theater in England, Drury Lane. Yet above all, Cibber was an actor, and this fact governed his life and career. In his plays, he demonstrated a remarkable awareness of the audience in the playhouse, while the character of a fool, which he created for the stage, gradually became the mask he wore in private life. The man himself achieved fame and wealth and gained powerful friends who gave him the post of Poet Laureate. But the mask and his success brought equally powerful enemies who made him the target of their ridicule and succeeded in destroying his reputation. Since then the distorted image created by Pope and Fielding has amused generations of readers, but it does not explain how such a supposed fool remained a favorite with the public throughout his career, had more plays in the repertory than any other contemporary author, successfully managed a major theatrical company, or wrote the best theatrical history of his age. This biography looks at the man behind that distorting mask, his position in his own time, and his contribution to the theater.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318522X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Colley Cibber changed the course of the English-speaking theater. One of the most complete theater men in the history of the stage, he fostered the change from drama as the handmaiden of literature to theater as an independent and lively art. In the process, Cibber became one of London's brightest stars, one of its most popular playwrights and, for thirty years, manager of the most important theater in England, Drury Lane. Yet above all, Cibber was an actor, and this fact governed his life and career. In his plays, he demonstrated a remarkable awareness of the audience in the playhouse, while the character of a fool, which he created for the stage, gradually became the mask he wore in private life. The man himself achieved fame and wealth and gained powerful friends who gave him the post of Poet Laureate. But the mask and his success brought equally powerful enemies who made him the target of their ridicule and succeeded in destroying his reputation. Since then the distorted image created by Pope and Fielding has amused generations of readers, but it does not explain how such a supposed fool remained a favorite with the public throughout his career, had more plays in the repertory than any other contemporary author, successfully managed a major theatrical company, or wrote the best theatrical history of his age. This biography looks at the man behind that distorting mask, his position in his own time, and his contribution to the theater.
The Life and Times of Colley Cibber, Etc. [With a Reprint of "The Careless Husband," and with Portraits.].
Author: Francesca Dorothy Ponsonby Senior
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
Author: Colley Cibber
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Laureat: Or, the Right Side of Colley Cibber, Esq; Containing, Explanations, Amendments, and Observations, on a Book Intituled an Apology for the Life, and Writings of Mr. Colley Cibber ... With Some Anecdotes ... which He, Thro' an Excess of Modesty, Omitted. To which is Added the History of the Life, Manners and Writings of Aesopus, the Tragedian [a Disguised Biography of Cibber], Etc
Author: Colley CIBBER
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
Author: Colley Cibber
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414720
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Actor, manager, and playwright Cibber was among the most influential people in 18th century London theater. This book chronicles the era's plays, playwrights, and actors, offering a glimpse into modern theater's beginnings.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486414720
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Actor, manager, and playwright Cibber was among the most influential people in 18th century London theater. This book chronicles the era's plays, playwrights, and actors, offering a glimpse into modern theater's beginnings.
The Dramatic Works of Colley Cibber, Esq; in Four Volumes. (An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author.) [With a Portrait.]
Author: Colley Cibber
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description