ABSTRACT
Theophilus Cibber (1703–58) was the son of Colley Cibber, the actor-dramatist pilloried by Pope, and himself connected with the theatre. His ‘Lives of the Poets’ in five volumes was largely, it appears, the work of one Robert Shiels.
Theophilus Cibber (1703–58) was the son of Colley Cibber, the actor-dramatist pilloried by Pope, and himself connected with the theatre. His ‘Lives of the Poets’ in five volumes was largely, it appears, the work of one Robert Shiels.