Life
1703-1758; son of Colley Cibber, appeared at Dublin, 1743; acted frequently
at Smock Alley and was involved in first riot during Thomas Sheridan’s
management at Crow Street; name appears on title-page of Lives of the
Poets (1753), mainly compiled by Robert Sheils. ODNB OCEL
References
Oxford Companion of English Literature; Involved in scandal
of persuading his wife, Susannah Maria, sister of Dr. Arne, to take a
rich lover, John Sloper; Cibber died in a storm on the way to Smock Alley,
Dublin. He had been born in the Great Storm of 1703.
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