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An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber
Portrait of Cibber at the front of the book.
AuthorColley Cibber
CountryGreat Britain
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiography
Publication date
1740
Media typePrint

An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber is a memoir by the British playwright, actor-manager and current Poet Laureate published in 1740.[1] Popular with the public, it was both an autobiography of Cibber's career and a more general history of the Restoration theatre.[2]

  1. ^ McGirr p.28
  2. ^ Schoch p.149

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