ii. 257;

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 reason for retiring from the stage, i. 178, i. 179, _note_ 1; his appearances after his retirement, ii. 261, ii. 263, ii. 264, ii. 268; his remarks on his successful reappearances, i. 179; his last appearances, i. 6, _note_ 1; his adaptation of "King John," i. 6, _note_ 1; his "Papal Tyranny in the Reign of King John" withdrawn from rehearsal, ii. 263; his "Papal Tyranny" produced, ii. 268; its success, ii. 270; his quarrel with Pope, ii. 270-283; and Horace Walpole, ii. 284; his death and burial, ii. 284; list of his plays, ii. 286-287; bibliography of, ii. 289-296; Anthony Aston's "Supplement" to, ii. 297.

Cibber, Colley, Attacks on him:-- Commonly accused of cowardice, i. 71, _note_ 1; threatened by John Bickerstaffe, for reducing his salary, i. 71, _note_ 1; accused of "venom" towards Booth, i. 123, _note_ 2; abused by Dennis, i. 66, _note_ 1, ii. 168, _note_ 1; his offer of a reward for discovery of Dennis, i. 41, _note_ 1, ii. 168, _note_ 1; charged with envy of Estcourt, i. 115, _note_ 2; Fielding's attacks upon, quoted (see under Fielding, Hy.); his galling retaliation on Fielding, i. 286; said to have been thrashed by Gay, i. 71, _note_ 1; "The Laureat's" attacks upon (see "Laureat"); satirized on his appointment as Laureate, i. 46; epigrams on his appointment quoted, i. 46, _note_ 1; writes verses in his own dispraise, i. 47; his Odes attacked by Fielding, i. 36, _note_ 2; and by Johnson, i. 36, _note_ 2; charges against him of levity and impiety, i. 58, _note_ 1; accused of negligence in acting, i. 241, _note_ 1; attacked by the daily papers, i. 41; his disregard of them, i. 41, i. 44, _note_ 1; on newspaper attacks, ii. 167; on principle never answered newspaper attacks, ii. 168; his famous quarrel with Pope, ii. 270; "The Nonjuror" a cause of Pope's enmity to Cibber, ii. 189, _note_ 1; attacked by Pope for countenancing pantomimes, ii. 182, _note_ 1; his reply, ii. 182, _note_ 1; his first allusion to Pope's enmity, i. 21; his opinion of Pope's attacks, i. 35; his Odes, i. 36, _note_ 2; supposed to be referred to in Preface to Shadwell's "Fair Quaker of Deal," ii. 95, _note_ 1; attacked for mutilating Shakespeare, ii. 263; accused of stealing "Love's Last Shift," i. 214, and "The Careless Husband," i. 215, _note_ 1; satirized by Swift, i. 52, _note_ 2; his defence of his follies, i. 2, i. 19.

Cibber, Colley, Criticisms of Contemporaries:-- On the production of Addison's "Cato," ii. 120, ii. 127-133; his description of Mrs. Barry, i. 158-161; on the excellence of Betterton and his contemporaries, i. 175; his eulogium of Betterton, i. 99-118; his description of Mrs. Betterton, i. 161-162; his account of Booth and Wilks as actors, ii. 239-245; his description of Mrs. Bracegirdle, i. 170-174; his description of Mrs. Butler, i. 163-165; his high opinion of Mrs. Brett's taste, ii. 41, _note_ 2; submits every scene of his "Careless Husband" to Mrs. Brett, ii. 41, _note_ 2; on his own acting, i. 220-226; his "Epilogue upon Himself," ii. 265; on Dogget's acting, ii. 158; his low opinion of Garrick, ii. 268; his description of Kynaston, i. 120-127; his description of Leigh, i. 145-154; his description of Mrs. Leigh, i. 162-3; his description of Mountfort, i. 127-130; his description of Mrs. Mountfort, i. 165-169; his praise of Nicolini, ii. 51; his description of Nokes, i. 141-145; his hyperbolical praise of Mrs. Oldfield's Lady Townly, i. 51, i. 312, _note_ 3; on Rich's misconduct, ii. 46; his description of Sandford, i. 130; his description of Cave Underhill, i. 154-156; his unfairness to Verbruggen, i. 157, _note_ 2; his account of Wilks and Booth as actors, ii. 239-245; on Wilks's Hamlet, i. 100; praises Wilks's diligence, ii. 160, ii. 239; on Wilks's love of acting, ii. 225; on Wilks's temper, ii. 155, ii. 171; a scene with Wilks, 234-237.

Cibber, Colley, Reflections and Opinions:-- On acting, i. 209, i. 221; on acting villains, i. 131-135, i. 222; on the prejudice against actors, i. 74-84; his advice to dramatists, ii. 14; on applause, i. 221, ii. 214; on the severity of audiences, i. 175; on politeness in audiences, ii. 247; on troubles with authors, ii. 249; on the effect of comedy-acting, i. 140; on Court influence, ii. 103; on criticism, i. 52; on his critics, ii. 220; on humour in tragedy, i. 121; on the Italian Opera, ii. 50-55; on the difficulty of managing Italian singers, ii. 88; on laughter, i. 23; on the liberty of the stage, i. 289; on the validity of the Licence, i. 284; on the power of the Lord Chamberlain, ii. 10-23; his principles as manager, i. 190; on management, ii. 60; on judicious management, ii. 74; on the duties and responsibilities of management, ii. 199-207; on the success of his management, ii. 245; on morality in plays, i. 265, i. 272; on the power of music, i. 112; on Oxford theatricals, ii. 133-139; on pantomimes, i. 93, ii. 180; on prologue-speaking, i. 270; on the difficulties of promotion in the theatre, ii. 223; on the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket, i. 322; on raillery, i. 11; on the Revolution of 1688, i. 60-63; on satire, i. 37; on the reformation of the on making the stage useful, ii. 24-31; on the benefit of only one theatre, i. 92, ii. 139, ii. 178-185; on the shape of the theatre, ii. 84; on his own vanity, ii. 182.

---- Miscellaneous:-- Profit arising from his works, i. 3, _note_ 2; frequently the object of envy, i. 33; his obtrusive loyalty, i. 33, _note_ 1, i. 66; banters his critics by allowing his "Apology" to be impudent and ill-written, i. 43; his easy temper under criticism and abuse, i. 50; confesses the faults of his writing, i. 50; his "quavering tragedy tones," i. 110, _note_ 1; his playing of Richard III. an imitation of Sandford, i. 139; his "Careless Husband" quoted, i. 148, _note_ 1; his wigs, ii. 36, _note_ 1; his treatment of authors, ii. 37, _note_ 1; reproved by Col. Brett for his treatment of authors, ii. 37, _note_ 1; his dedication of the "Wife's Resentment" to the Duke of Kent,