A N

APOLOGY

FOR THE

LIFE

OF

Mr. COLLEY CIBBER, Comedian,

AND

Late PATENTEE of the Theatre-Royal.

With an Hiftorical View of the STAGE during
his OwN TIME.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.

Hoc eft

Vivere bis, vitâ poffe priore frui.

When Years no more of active Life retain,

Mart. lib. 2.

'Tis Youth renew'd, to laugh 'em o'er again. Anonym.

The SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed by JOHN WATTS for the AUTHOR:
And Sold by W. LEWIS in Ruffel-Street, near

Convent Garden.

ΤΟ A

CERTAIN GENTLEMAN.

SIR,

ECAUSE I know it

B

would give you lefs Con

cern, to find your Name

in an impertinent Satyr,

than before the daintieft Dedication

of a modern Author, I conceal it. Let me talk never fo idly to you, this way; you are, at least, under no