An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume 1 (of 2) Written by Himself. A New Edition with Notes and Supplement

Colley Cibber's famous Autobiography has always been recognized as one of the most delightful books of its class; but, to students of theatrical history, the charm of its author...

_Much has been Writ of late_ pro _and_ con, _about the Stage, yet the Subject admits of more, and that which has not been hetherto toucht upon; not only what that is, but what i...

_The Introduction. The Author's Birth. Various Fortune at School. Not lik'd by those he lov'd there. Why. A Digression upon Raillery. The Use and Abuse of it. The Comforts of Fo...

_He that writes of himself not easily tir'd. Boys may give Men Lessons. The Author's Preferment at School attended with Misfortunes. The Danger of Merit among Equals. Of Satyris...

_The Author's several Chances for the Church, the Court, and the Army. Going to the University. Met the Revolution at Nottingham. Took Arms on that Side. What he saw of it. A fe...

Tho' I have only promis'd you an Account of all the material Occurrences of the Theatre during my own Time, yet there was one which happen'd not above seven Years before my Admi...

Tho', as I have before observ'd, Women were not admitted to the Stage 'till the Return of King _Charles_, yet it could not be so suddenly supply'd with them but that there was s...

_The Author's first Step upon the Stage. His Discouragements. The best Actors in_ Europe _ill us'd. A Revolution in their Favour. King_ William _grants them a Licence to act in_...

The _Lincoln's-Inn-Fields_ Company were now, in 1693,[250] a Common-wealth, like that of _Holland_, divided from the Tyranny of _Spain_: But the Similitude goes very little fart...

_The Patentee of_ Drury-Lane _wiser than his Actors_. _His particular Menagement. The Author continues to write Plays. Why. The best dramatick Poets censured by_ J. Collier, _in...

_A small Apology for writing on. The different State of the two Companies. _Wilks_ invited over from _Dublin_. _Estcourt_, from the same Stage, the Winter following. Mrs. _Oldfi...

Pope's attack on, i. 38; his opinion of Wilks's Hamlet, i. 100; his view regarding humour in tragedy, i. 123; his play of "Cato," ii. 120; its great success, ii. 127-133; presen...

Betterton, Mrs. Mary, i. 98, i. 327, ii. 336; said to be the first English actress, i. 90, _note_ 1; Cibber's account of, i. 161-162; without a rival in Shakespeare's plays, i....

improves scenery, i. xxii.; taken into good society, i. 83; famous for Hamlet, i. 91; Cibber's eulogium of, i. 99-118; his supreme excellence, i. 100; description of his Hamlet,...

Mrs. Bracegirdle returns to play for his benefit, i. 174; ill-treated by the Patentees, i. 188; makes a party against them, i. 189; obtains a licence in 1695, i. 192, _note_ 1,...

Bracegirdle, Mrs. Anne, i. 98, i. 182, i. 188, i. 192, _note_ 1, ii. 300, ii. 302, ii. 312, ii. 337; admitted into good society, i. 83; Cibber's account of, i. 170-174; her good...

serves against James II. in 1688, i. 61; attends Lady Churchill at table, i. 68; his admiration of her, i. 68; disappointed in his expectation of receiving a commission in the a...

sells his share of the Patent to Highmore, ii. 258; his sale of his share in the Patent, i. 297; his shameful treatment of Highmore, ii. 259; his retirement, ii. 255; gives a re...

censured for his treatment of authors, ii. 251, _note_ 1; his satisfaction in looking back on his career, ii. 115; his acknowledgment of Steele's services to the theatre, ii. 16...

---- Theophilus, ii. 187, _note_ 1, ii. 262; mentioned ironically by Lord Chesterfield, i. 71, _note_ 1; in "Art and Nature," i. 152, _note_ 1; acts as his father's deputy in he...

Collier, Jeremy, i. 170, _note_ 1, i. 268, _note_ 2, i. 273, i. 274, ii. 233, _note_ 2; his "Short View of the Profaneness, &c., of the English Stage," i. xxi., i. xxxiii., i. 2...

his "Mourning Bride," i. 199; his "Way of the World," i. 200; his opinion of "Love's Last Shift," i. 220; and Vanbrugh manage the Queen's Theatre, i. 320, i. 325; gives up his s...

arrested for deserting Drury Lane, ii. 21; defies the Lord Chamberlain, ii. 21; wins his case, ii. 22; made joint manager with Swiney and others in 1709, ii. 69; his characteris...

retires because of Booth's being made a manager, ii. 143; his refusal to come to any terms after Booth's admission, ii. 145; goes to law for his rights, ii. 149; the result, ii....

Estcourt, Richard, i. 166, i. 237. i. 332. i. 334, _note_ 1; a marvellous mimic, i. 114; yet not a good actor, i. 115; said to be unfairly treated by Cibber, i. 115, _note_ 2; c...

Pollard, Thomas, a comedian, i. xxvi.; superior to Hart, i. xxiv.; too old to go into Charles I.'s army, i. xxix.; arrested for acting, i. xxx.; his retirement and death, i. xxxi.

his chief parts, i. 154-155; Cibber's account of, i. 154-156; his particular excellence in stupid characters, i. 154; the peculiarity of his facial expression, i. 155; his retir...

his "Æsop," i. 216, i. 218; his great ability, i. 219; alters his "Provoked Wife," ii. 233; his share in the "Provoked Husband," i. 311, _note_ 1; builds the Queen's Theatre, i....

memoirs published immediately after his death, i. 5; mistakes in his Hamlet, i. 100, _note_ 1; lives with Mrs. Rogers, i. 136; distressed by Pinkethman's "gagging," i. 153, _not...

his favour for Mills, ii. 223; his connection with Steele during the dispute about Steele's Patent, ii. 193, _note_ 1; his love of acting, ii. 225; a genuine admirer of Cibber,...

the public by his works. To say nothing of the sums accumulated by dedications, benefits, and the sale of his plays singly, his dramatic works, in quarto, by subscription, publi...

[Footnote 83: The question of the identity of the first English actress is a very intricate one. Mr. Percy Fitzgerald, in his "New History of the English Stage," seems to inclin...

[Footnote 111: Bellchambers notes on this passage: "The criticisms of Cibber upon a literary subject are hardly worth the trouble of confuting, and yet it may be mentioned that...