As an actor, manager, and playwright, Colley Cibber was among the most influential members of the 18th century London theater. Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber is an indispensable account of the era's plays, playwrights, and actors, affording drama lovers and historians an incomparable glimpse of the beginnings of modern theater.
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