Cibber

American  

[sib-er] / ˈsɪb ər /

noun

1. Colley 1671–1757, English actor and dramatist: poet laureate 1730–57.

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Cibber British  

/ ˈsɪbə /

noun

1. Colley (ˈkɒlɪ). 1671–1757, English actor and dramatist; poet laureate (1730–57)

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Example Sentences

Loosely based on Colley Cibber’s pared-down 1699 adaptation, the production clips along at a rollicking pace thanks to an able cast with no weak links.

From Los Angeles Times

So much for Buckingham,” was preferred until 1877, and even Laurence Olivier’s 1955 film kept some of Cibber’s alterations.

From The New Yorker

Alongside Handel, the film looks at his devout, depressive librettist Charles Jennens, and at actress and favorite singer Susannah Cibber, the subject of the aforementioned scandal, whose parts Handel taught her note by note.

From Los Angeles Times

And then there was Susannah Cibber, a prominent stage actress and friend of Handel’s who in the 1730s had been tarnished by a scandal that would have been supermarket tabloid fodder even today.

From New York Times

In the 18 century, many esteemed Colley Cibber more highly than Alexander Pope.

From Slate