02752nam 2200625 450 991078738480332120200520144314.00-8131-5904-0(CKB)3710000000334002(EBL)1915142(SSID)ssj0001433156(PQKBManifestationID)11791186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001433156(PQKBWorkID)11425682(PQKB)11353886(OCoLC)560032591(MdBmJHUP)muse44022(Au-PeEL)EBL1915142(CaPaEBR)ebr11007366(CaONFJC)MIL690972(OCoLC)900344460(MiAaPQ)EBC1915142(EXLCZ)99371000000033400220150131h19861986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrColley Cibber a biography /Helene KoonLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1986.©19861 online resource (266 p.)Includes index.1-322-59690-5 0-8131-1551-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE; ONE: APPRENTICESHIP; TWO: JOURNEYMAN TO MASTER; THREE: THE TURNING POINT; FOUR: UNDER ATTACK; FIVE: MISFORTUNES; SIX: RETIREMENT; EPILOGUE; APPENDIXES; 1. Cibber Genealogy; 2. Cibber's Second Letter to Pope; 3. Colley Cibber's Will; 4. Chronological List of Cibber's Roles; Notes; Bibliography; IndexColley 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 tDramatists, English18th centuryBiographyActorsGreat BritainBiographyTheatrical managersGreat BritainBiographyDramatists, EnglishActorsTheatrical managers828/.509BKoon Helene1925-1485493MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787384803321Colley Cibber3704667UNINA