Author:Theophilus Cibber

Theophilus Cibber
(1703–1758)

Theophilus Cibber

Works

• A Letter from Theophilus Cibber to John Highmore (1733)
• Four Original Letters: Viz. Two from a Husband to a Gentleman: and Two from a Husband to a Wife (1739)
• A Lick at a Liar, or Calumny detected, being an occasional letter to a friend (1752)
• The Lives and Characters of the most Eminent Actors and Actresses of Great Britain and Ireland,' part i., to which is prefixed A Familiar Epistle...to Mr. William Warburton (1753)
• An Account of the Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) in 5 vols.
• Theophilus Cibber, to David Garrick, Esq.: with dissertations on theatrical subjects] (1759)

Dramas

• Henry VI (1724)
• The Lover (1730)
• Patie and Peggy; or, the Fair Foundling. A Scotch ballad opera (1730)
• The Harlot's Progress; or, the Ridotto al Fresco (1733)
• Romeo and Juliet (1748), including A Serio-Gomic Apology for part of the life of Mr. Theophilus Cibber, Gomedian
• The Auction (1757)

Works about Cibber

• "Cibber, Theophilus," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.