Colley Cibber

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Contributor Colley Cibber
Gender Male
Nationality English
Date of Birth 6 November 1671
Date of Death 11 December 1757
Functions Actor-Manager, Adaptor, Playwright
Notes English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His importance in British theatre history rests on his being one of the first in a long line of actor-managers, on the interest of two of his comedies as documents of evolving early 18th-century taste and ideology, and on the value of his autobiography as a historical source.
Events
  • Richard III, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 20 October 1888
  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869
  • The Hypocrite, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 26 October 1835

Adaptor

  • Richard III, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 20 October 1888
  • The Hypocrite, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 26 October 1835

Playwright

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Isaac Bickerstaffe - Adaptor

  • The Hypocrite, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 26 October 1835

W G Carey - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

JH Clifford - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Dave Clinton - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Finlay - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

R Glover - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

J L Hall - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

John L Hall - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

J Hesford - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

R James - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Jones - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Louise Jordan - Actor

  • Richard III, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 20 October 1888

George Miln - Actor

  • Richard III, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 20 October 1888

Jean-Baptiste Moliere - Playwright

  • The Hypocrite, Theatre Royal (1833-1840), Sydney, NSW, 26 October 1835

W Montague - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Walter Montgomery - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

J Morris - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Julia Mortimer - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

John Musgrave - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Nelson - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

WH Newton - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Parish - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

W Ryan - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

William Shakespeare - Playwright

  • Richard III, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 20 October 1888

J A South - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Taylor - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

WH Thompson - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

A Thornton - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

N H Thornton - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

J Thorpe - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Laura Wiseman - Actor

  • Richard III, Prince of Wales Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 December 1869

Messrs Rignold and Allison

  • Richard III, Her Majesty's Theatre (1887-1933), Sydney, NSW, 20 October 1888
Works
Data Set AusStage
Contributor Identifier 518952