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Old and New London
… 20 was considered profitable; and "in 1747," says Colley Cibber, in his "Apology," "Mrs. Rich said she was always … lived almost constantly in or about Bow Street, Colley Cibber in Charles Street, Billy Howard in Henrietta Street, …
Old and New London
… the personages of the "Dunciad," and the productions of Cibber, Curll, Dennis, &c. It was continued weekly, till the …
Survey of London
… portico, 1953 Photograph by F. W. Hyde. 41. ( a) and ( b) Cibber's figures of Melancholy and Raving Madness Photographs …
Old and New London
… to Mrs. BracegirdleLovely "Nancy" OldfieldColley Cibber as Manager and DramatistGarrick at Drury LaneKitty … Theatre also intimately associated with the name of Colley Cibber, successful manager and dramatist, and for … It subsequently passed into the hands of Willer, Dogget, Cibber, and Booth. In 1714 a life patent was granted to Sir …
The Environs of London
… for some time joint-manager of Drury-lane with Wilks and Cibber; but retired in disgust, both from the management and … said that he afterwards married a lady of large fortune. Cibber, in his Apology, says, that Dogget was the most an … sister of the present Lord Monson. This title is extinct. Cibber's Apology, p. 287. Biograph. Dramat. Daughter of Mr. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Daines, and Dogget, the comedian, partner with Wilks and Cibber. There is a place of worship for Independents. A …
Old and New London
… In the Apollo chamber the intolerable court odes of Colley Cibber, the poet laureate, used to be solemnly rehearsed with … That memorable evening Johnson ridiculed Colley Cibber's birthday odes and Paul Whitehead's "grand nonsense," …
Old and New London
… Master of the Stationers' Company, bought of Theophilus Cibber, in 173637, onethird of a tenth share of the London …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to several Danish merchants, and to Caius Gabriel Cibber, statuary to Frederick, King of Denmark, and … II. and William III., kings of England; also a monument to Cibber's wife Jane, grand-daughter of Sir Anthony Colley. In …
The Environs of London
… 218 220. Charity-schools and other benefactions, 221, 222. Cibber , Caius Gabriel, buried in the Danish church, 427. …
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