{"product_id":"an-apology-for-the-life-of-mr-colley-cibber-comedian-and-late-patentee-of-the-theatre-royal-a-modernized-text-hardback-9781009098366","title":"An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian and Late Patentee of the Theatre Royal; A Modernized Text (Hardback) 9781009098366","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, Comedian and Late Patentee of the Theatre Royal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Modernized Text\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first comprehensive and accessible edition of this landmark text for theatre historians and students of life writing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Roberts (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009098366, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 July 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e460 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 3 cm, 0.78 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The Roberts edition of Cibber's Apology represents a major advance on those by Lowe, Fone, and Evans and will be hugely helpful to both specialists and more casual readers. It will immediately become the edition we expect to find cited in all scholarly books and articles.' Robert D. Hume, The Pennsylvania State University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eColley Cibber was one of the most derided men in eighteenth-century London. Mocked for his work in the theatre and as Poet Laureate, he was nevertheless a prolific actor and playwright, and co-managed the Theatre Royal Drury Lane for 24 years. His response to his critics, An Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber, is often described as the first theatrical autobiography, and even as the first secular autobiography in English. But what kind of text is it – intimate confession or cunning pose? History of the stage or political polemic? Rambling or purposeful? Or perhaps, even, the first celebrity memoir? Including comprehensive notes and a detailed scholarly introduction, this modernised text makes Cibber's enigmatic literary landmark accessible to a wide readership for the first time and allows both specialists and general readers to explore Cibber's extraordinary career against the rich, turbulent background of London theatre in the eighteenth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn Apology for the Life of Mr Colley Cibber.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004861468952,"sku":"9781009098366","price":93.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781009098366i.jpg?v=1696791168","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-apology-for-the-life-of-mr-colley-cibber-comedian-and-late-patentee-of-the-theatre-royal-a-modernized-text-hardback-9781009098366","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}