10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIBBER»
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Cibber in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Colley
Cibber: A Biography
The Italian origin of the name "Cibber" seems evident in the pronunciation, for the
first syllable was unquestionably a sibilant. In early records it is spelled Seber,
Ceber, Sibber, and Zibbar. 4. The Stones were prominent artists. Nicholas Stone
...
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An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley
Cibber, Comedian, and ...
With an Historical View of the Stage During His Own Time. pers'd among the
various Characters of the particular Actors, I have promis'd to treat of; 1 shall
therefore make use of those several Vehicles, which you will find waiting in the
next ...
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An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley
Cibber: Comedian
AN. APOLOGY. LIFE. OF. MR. COLLEY. CIBBER,. #e. CHAPTER. I. The
introduction. — The author's birth. — Various fortune at school. — Not liked by
those he loved there. — Why. — A digression upon raillery. — The use and
abuse of it.
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Studies in the Work of Colley
Cibber
It is made from Beaumont and Fletcher's The Elder Brother and The Custom of
the Country, and is an attempt on the part of Cibber merely to provide amusement
. Ost45 points out that this play, though it has no original literary worth, helped ...
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The Plays of Colley
Cibber
Day shall amount to 501i or Upwards, then the said Charges of such sixt Day
shall bee return 'd to Mr Cibber. And the said Mr Cibber is to have the sole
Benefitt of Printing such Play: But he is not to suffer it to bee Printed till a month
next after it ...
Colley Cibber, Timothy J. Viator, William J. Burling, 2001
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The Tryal of a Cause for Criminal Conversation, Between ...
[13] came back to Breakfast next Morning, and' every Morning ; and they Dined
and sometimes Supped together; and he went to Blue- _Green at Night; and Mr
Sloper, and Mrs Cibber lay at my House, but I do_,not know what Beds they lay in
.
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The Dramatic Works of Colley
Cibber ...: In Five Volumes : ...
In Five Volumes : Volume the Second Colley Cibber John Rivington ((Londres)),
Thomas Longman ((Londres)), Charles Bathurst ((Londres)). Dramatis Personæ.
M E N. lord Merelrue, Mr. PoivtJ. Lord Foppingtm, Mr. Cibber. Sir Charles Easy ...
Colley Cibber, John Rivington ((Londres)), Thomas Longman ((Londres)), 1777
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Theophilus
Cibber, to David Garrick, Esq; With Dissertations ...
Theophilus Cibber. ( n ) ter of Surprises that two Theatres should be judg'd
sufficient ; when I remember six flourishing in one Season, some Years ago : And
yet, on a moderate Computation, the Number of Play-going People is now twenty
to ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
At the head of the latter column, we are not sure that we should not place the
name of Colley Cibber. The fame of Cibber was murdered by Pope. The
reputation of the poet bore down all his antagonists, and amongst them the
author of the ...
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The Tryal of Colley
Cibber, Comedian, &c. for Writing a Book ...
Thomas Johnson. of both these I shall (as he lies in my Way) give Instances from
the Great Writer above-mentioned. Thus, when he says (Fol. 23.,) Satire is angrily
particular, every Dunce of a Reader knows he means angry with a particular ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIBBER»
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Cibber is used in the context of the following news items.
Huggable Handel seen in London
There he meets singing-actress Susannah Cibber, on the run from a lurid sex scandal. Appalled by her theatrical antics, but admiring her ... «Classical-Music.com, Jun 15»
The triumph of Evil & the fool in fashion? Or Evil's last gasp?
Colley Cibber (1671-1757) "Bury me on my face, because in a little while everything will be turned upside down." – Diogenes "Man purposeth ... «RenewAmerica, Jun 15»
HISTORY: Classical music in South Carolina
... whose early influence on the development of art music is evidenced by the 1735 production of Colley Cibber's Flora, or Hob in the Well. «Statehouse Report, May 15»
Cass College student's 'Bedlam' pschiatry show at Whitechapel is …
The statues are the works of the Danish sculptor Caius Gabriel Cibber and were significant London landmarks of their time. Cass Arts student ... «East London Advertiser, Apr 15»
The story behind the triumphant premiere of Handel's Messiah
The alto soloist, Susanna Cibber, was an actress who had attracted scandal in the past, but legend has it that her emotional performance of 'He ... «Gramophone, Apr 15»
275 Years Ago: The Man Who Murdered the English Language
Cibber's reputation, his esteem, was more the result of his business acumen in the theater than any literary prowess. A famous comedic actor ... «Flavorwire, Mar 15»
The English Concert / Bicket @ Barbican Hall, London
... deliberately packed the piece with six arias for the herald Lichas in order to show off the vocal skills of contralto Susanna Maria Cibber. «musicOMH.com, Mar 15»
Bedlam's New Museum Looks Beyond Madness
Sculpted by Caius Gabriel Cibber in 1676, the “Raving” and “Melancholy Madness” sculptures writhe like afflicted versions of the “Dying Gaul,” ... «Hyperallergic, Mar 15»
World's oldest psychiatric hospital opens new museum
... "Melancholy Madness" by Caius Gabriel Cibber, which used to stand at the entrance to the Bethlem hospital when it was in central London. «The Malaysian Insider, Feb 15»
Henry Hering's photographs of Bethlem patients
... Wain and Jonathan Martin, each of whom was a former patient; and the world-renowned statues, 'Raving and Melancholy Madness' by Caius Gabriel Cibber, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
