Author: Colley CibberPublisher:
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.
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber
Author: Colley CibberPublisher:
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.
Spectacular Disappearances
Author: Julia H. FawcettPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047211980X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
A look at England's larger-than-life figures in the 18th century shines a spotlight on contemporary celebrity
The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors: 1730-1784
Author: Charles Wells MoultonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
An Appreciation of Colley Cibber
Author: Colley CibberPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Colley Cibber
Author: Helene KoonPublisher: 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.
An Appreciation of Colley Cibber, Actor and Dramatist
Author: Colley CibberPublisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
An Historical View of Literature and Art in Great Britain
Author: John Murray GrahamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year ...
Author: Literary Collector
Author: A bird's-eye view of English literature
Author: Henry Grey (F.R.B.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description