Theophilus Cibber

Theophilus Cibber (November 26, 1703 - 1758) was an English actor, playwright, author, and son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber.

Authorship

Theophilus and Susannah authored some plays which are universally described as being of no great merit. They were published in a modern edition by David Mann in 1981.

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Theophilus Cibber appears as the author on the title pages of two other books. He is obviously not the real author of the An Apology for the Life of Mr. T C, Comedian: Being a Proper Sequel to The Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian, with an Historical View of the Stage to the Present Year / Supposed to be Written by Himself in the Stile and Manner of the Poet Laureate, which is an anonymous attack patterned on Colley Cibber's succès scandale autobiography An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Comedian. His authorship of Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift (1753) is also disputed, most of the text being lifted from earlier works by Gerard Langbaine and Giles Jacob.

Related Topics:
1753 - Giles Jacob

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