Colley Cibber
Colley Cibber
Colley Cibberwas an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir Apology for the Life of Colley Cibberdescribes his life in a personal, anecdotal and even rambling style. He wrote 25 plays for his own company at Drury Lane, half of which were adapted from various sources, which led Robert Lowe and Alexander Pope, among others, to criticise his "miserable mutilation" of "crucified Molière hapless Shakespeare". He regarded himself as first and foremost an actor and had great...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth6 November 1671
Tea! Thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, thou innocent pretence for bringing the wicked of both sexes together in a morning; thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wink-tipping cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate thus, and adore thee.
Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
Words are but empty thanks.