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Cibber, Colley

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Actor and dramatist, of German descent; was manager and part-proprietor of Drury Lane; wrote plays, one in particular, which procured for him the post of poet-laureate, which he held till his death; was much depreciated by Pope; wrote an "Apology for his Life," the most amusing autobiography in the language (1671-1757).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Cibber, Colley'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/cibber-colley.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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