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          Colley Cibber (–) was an actor and theatre manager as well as a playwright and poet.

        1. Colley Cibber (–) was an actor and theatre manager as well as a playwright and poet.
        2. His autobiography, An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber (), contains the best account of the theatre of his day and is an invaluable.
        3. O tell your poor blind boy!
        4. In , thirty years after he became manager of the Drury Lane theatre, Cibber published his autobiography.
        5. His response to his critics, An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, is often described as the first theatrical autobiography, and even as the first.

          6. Colley Cibber

          English actor-manager, playwright, and poet laureate

          Colley Cibber

          In office
          3 December 1730 – 12 December 1757
          MonarchGeorge II
          Preceded byLaurence Eusden
          Succeeded byWilliam Whitehead
          Born(1671-11-06)6 November 1671
          Southampton Street, London, England
          Died11 December 1757(1757-12-11) (aged 86)
          Berkeley Square, London, England
          Parent
          OccupationActor, theatre manager, playwright, poet
          Known forWorks include his autobiography and several comedies of historical interest
          Appointed Poet Laureate in 1730

          Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 December 1757[1]) was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate.

          His colourful memoir An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740) describes his life in a personal, anecdotal and even rambling style. He wrote 25 plays for his own company at Drury Lane, half of which were adapted from various sources, which led Robert Lowe and Alex