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

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PAGE I. COLLEY CIBBER, in the character of "Sir Novelty Fashion, newley created Lord Foppington," in Vanbrugh's play of "The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger." From the painting by...

Having shewn the particular Conduct of the Patentee in refusing so fair an Opportunity of securing to himself both Companies under his sole Power and Interest, I shall now lead...

_Some Chimærical Thoughts of making the Stage useful: Some, to its Reputation. The Patent unprofitable to all the Proprietors but one. A fourth Part of it given away to Colonel_...

_A short View of the Opera when first divided from the Comedy. Plays recover their Credit. The old Patentee uneasy at their Success. Why. The Occasion of Colonel_ Brett'_s throw...

_The Patentee, having now no Actors, rebuilds the new Theatre in _Lincolns-Inn-Fields_. A Guess at his Reasons for it. More Changes in the State of the Stage. The Beginning of i...

_The Stage in its highest Prosperity. The Menagers not without Errors. Of what Kind._ Cato _first acted. What brought it to the Stage. The Company go to _Oxford_. Their Success...

_Sir_ Richard Steele _succeeds_ Collier _in the Theatre-Royal_. Lincoln's-Inn-Fields _House rebuilt_. _The Patent restored. Eight Actors at once desert from the King's Company....

_The Author steps out of his Way. Pleads his Theatrical Cause in Chancery. Carries it. Plays acted at_ Hampton-Court. _Theatrical Anecdotes in former Reigns. Ministers and Menag...

Lord Chamberlain, for a new License or Patent in favour of his son; but the Duke, on inquiring into the matter, was so disgusted at Cibber's conduct that he refused the applicat...

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,...

1720. Steele, in the seventh number of "The Theatre," January 23rd, 1720, alludes to his suspension as then existing, and in No. 12 talks of Cibber's being just restored to the...