An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian and Late Patentee of the Theatre Royal
A Modernized Text
Seiten
2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-09623-2 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-09623-2 (ISBN)
Transformative for students and scholars of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century theatre history, literature and life writing, this modernised text makes Cibber's Apology more accessible than ever before. Including comprehensive footnotes and a scholarly introduction, this edition is invaluable for researchers and captivating for general readers.
Colley Cibber was one of the most derided men in eighteenth-century London. Mocked for his work in the theatre and as Poet Laureate, he was nevertheless a prolific actor and playwright, and co-managed the Theatre Royal Drury Lane for 24 years. 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 secular autobiography in English. But what kind of text is it – intimate confession or cunning pose? History of the stage or political polemic? Rambling or purposeful? Or perhaps, even, the first celebrity memoir? Including comprehensive notes and a detailed scholarly introduction, this modernised text makes Cibber's enigmatic literary landmark accessible to a wide readership for the first time and allows both specialists and general readers to explore Cibber's extraordinary career against the rich, turbulent background of London theatre in the eighteenth century.
Colley Cibber was one of the most derided men in eighteenth-century London. Mocked for his work in the theatre and as Poet Laureate, he was nevertheless a prolific actor and playwright, and co-managed the Theatre Royal Drury Lane for 24 years. 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 secular autobiography in English. But what kind of text is it – intimate confession or cunning pose? History of the stage or political polemic? Rambling or purposeful? Or perhaps, even, the first celebrity memoir? Including comprehensive notes and a detailed scholarly introduction, this modernised text makes Cibber's enigmatic literary landmark accessible to a wide readership for the first time and allows both specialists and general readers to explore Cibber's extraordinary career against the rich, turbulent background of London theatre in the eighteenth century.
David Roberts is Professor of English at Birmingham City University. His book Thomas Betterton (Cambridge University Press, 2010) was a finalist for the Freedley Award. His other scholarly editions include Lord Chesterfield's Letters (1992) and William Congreve's The Way of the World (2019). His essay on Beethoven and Shakespeare was Editor's Choice in the June 2019 issue of The Cambridge Quarterly.
An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.09.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-09623-0 / 1009096230 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-09623-2 / 9781009096232 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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