Colley Cibber s.1740, patung dada plaster lukis, National Portrait Gallery, London
Lahir
(1671-11-06)6 November 1671 Southampton Street, London, Inggris
Meninggal
11 Desember 1757(1757-12-11) (umur 86) Berkeley Square, London, Inggris
Pekerjaan
pemeran, manajer teater, pengarang drama, penyair
Dikenal atas
Karya-karya yang meliputi autobiografinya dan beberapa catatan komedi sejarah Diangkat menjadi Poet Laureate pada 1730
Colley Cibber (6 November 1671 – 11 Desember 1757) adalah seorang pemeran-manajer, pengarang drama dan Poet Laureate asal Inggris. Memoir berwarnanya Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber (1740) mengisahkan kehidupannya dalam gaya personal, anekdotal dan bahkan rambling. Ia menulis 25 drama untuk perusahaannya sendiri di Drury Lane, sebagian diadaptasi dari berbagai sumber
Catatan
Referensi
Ashley, L. R. N. (1965), Colley Cibber, New York: Twayne
Barker, R. H. (1939), Mr Cibber of Drury Lane, New York: Columbia University Press, OCLC2207342
Cibber, Colley (1966a) [first published 1740, ed. 1889], Lowe, Robert W, ed., An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, 1, New York: AMS Press, diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 11 January 2011, diakses tanggal 18 November 2009
Cibber, Colley (1966b) [first published 1740, ed. 1889], Lowe, Robert W, ed., An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, 2, New York: AMS Press, diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 11 January 2011, diakses tanggal 18 November 2009
Hazlitt, William (1845) [first published 1819], Lectures on the English Comic Writers, New York: Wiley and Putnam, OCLC5246423
Highfill, Philip Jr; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward (1975), "Cibber, Colley", Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660–1800, 3, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, hlm. 213–238, ISBN0-8093-0692-1
Koon, Helene (1986), Colley Cibber: A Biography, Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, ISBN0-8131-1551-5
Milhous, Judith (1979), Thomas Betterton and the Management of Lincoln's Inn Fields 1695–1708, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, ISBN0-8093-0906-8
Sullivan, Maureen (1973), Colley Cibber: Three Sentimental Comedies, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN0-300-01532-1
Bacaan tambahan
Van Lennep, William; Avery, Emmett L.; Scouten, Arthur H.; Stone, George Winchester; Hogan, Charles Beecher (eds) (1960–1970), The London Stage 1660–1800: A Calendar of Plays, Entertainments & Afterpieces Together with Casts, Box-Receipts and Contemporary Comment Compiled From the Playbills, Newspapers and Theatrical Diaries of the Period, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University PressPemeliharaan CS1: Teks tambahan: authors list (link)
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