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21.
On Wednesday October 27, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, The fair penitent ... : to which will

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
At the Old Theatre by the Portsmouth and Plymouth Company
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718., Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777., and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Wednesday October 27, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, The fair penitent ... : to which will be added The minor ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and Office of Ordnance Arms on the common. On Thursday The provok'd husband; with the rehearsal. Bays, by Mr. Wilkinson

22.
On Monday, May 4, will be a concert of music. To begin exactly at half an hour after six o'clock

Published / Created:
1761.
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
For the benefit of Mr Arthur
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Printed by Stephen Martin
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > On Monday, May 4, will be a concert of music. To begin exactly at half an hour after six o'clock ... : Between the parts of the concert will be presented, gratis, a comedy call'd Love makes a man: or, The fop's fortune ... to which will be added a farce call'd The author ...

23.
At the new theatre in Portsmouth, on Monday evening, October 5th, will be presented a comedy

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
For the beneeit of Mr. Arthur and On Monday evening, October 5th, will be presented a comedy, call'd The double gallant ...
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
New Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the new theatre in Portsmouth, on Monday evening, October 5th, will be presented a comedy, call'd The double gallant: or The sick lady cur'd ... : to which will be added a farce, (never acted here) call'd Wit at a punch: or The adventures of an hour ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and of Mr. Arthur, at Mr. Hill's, near the theatre in High Street

24.
At the New Theatre in Portsmouth, this present Thursday, being the 30th of July, will be presented

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
By desire and This present Thursday, being the 30th of July, will be presented a comedy ...
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
New Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the New Theatre in Portsmouth, this present Thursday, being the 30th of July, will be presented a comedy, call'd She wou'd and she wou'd not or The kind imposter ... : to which will be added a farce, call'd, High life below stairs ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and at the India Arms in Gosport. N.B. The whole performance will be over at half an hour past ten

25.
By a company of comedians, from the Theatres Royal of Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. At the Theatre

Published / Created:
[1760?]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
For the benefit of Mr Morgan and Mr Smith
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Baker, Thomas, active 1700-1709. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > By a company of comedians, from the Theatres Royal of Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. At the Theatre in the Star Yard, Maidstone, on Monday, the 25th of July, will be presented a comedy, call'd Tunbridge Walks: or, The Yeoman of Kent ... : to which will be added, a ballad opera, call'd Damon and Phillida ...

26.
[Collection of poems], [circa 1760].

Call Number:
Osborn c188
Image Count:
48
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of 35 poems, bound in together. The verses are primarily lighthearted and address the subjects of love and women, occasionally in the form of occasional verse. Titles include A tale of Fidelia's quarrel...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762., Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680., Strathmore, Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of, 1749-1800., and Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Humorous poetry, English, Occasional verse, English, Women authors, Women, Conduct of life, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Collection of poems], [circa 1760].

27.
At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Wednesday, being the 1st of August, will be presented a

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1759]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
This present Wednesday, being the 1st of August, will be presented a comedy, call'd, The provok'd husband
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Wednesday, being the 1st of August, will be presented a comedy, call'd, The provok'd husband: or A journey to London ... : to which will be added a ballad farce, call'd, The mock doctor: or The dumb lady cur'd ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and Two Blue Posts, on the point

28.
At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Monday, being the 30th of July, will be presented a

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1759]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
This present Monday, being the 30th of July, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, Jane Shore
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Monday, being the 30th of July, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, Jane Shore ... : to which will be added a pastoral farce, call'd, Damon and Phillida ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and Two Blue Posts, on the point

29.
At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Wednesday, being the 25th of July, will be presented a

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1759]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Lillo, George, 1693-1739. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Wednesday, being the 25th of July, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, The London merchant: or the tragical history of George Barnwell ... : to which will be added a pastoral farce, call'd Damon and Phillida ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and Two Blue Posts, on the point

30.
At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Wednesday, being the 20th of June, will be presented a

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1759]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Wednesday, being the 20th of June, will be presented a comedy, call'd, The provok'd husband, or, A journey to London ... : to which will be added a farce, call'd, The lying valet ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... the Navy Coffee-House near the dock gates

31.
At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Monday, being the 16th of July, will be presented a

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1759]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
This present Monday, being the 16th of July, will be presented a tragedy, call'd Othello, ...
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Monday, being the 16th of July, will be presented a tragedy, call'd Othello, moor of Venice ... : to which will be added a pastoral farce, call'd Damon and Phillida ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and Two Blue Posts, on the point

32.
At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Wednesday, being the 25th of July, will be presented a

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1759]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Rowe, Nicholas, 1674-1718. and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Wednesday, being the 25th of July, will be presented a tragedy, call'd, The fair penitent ... : to which will be added a pastoral farce, call'd Damon and Phillida ... tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and Two Blue Posts, on the point

33.
At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Monday, the 24th of July, will be presented a comedy

Creator:
Portsmouth Theatre (Portsmouth, England)
Published / Created:
[1758]
Call Number:
Folio 767 P69B W65
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Alternative Title:
For the benefit of Mr. Wilkinson
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Theatre in Portsmouth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > At the theatre in Portsmouth, this present Monday, the 24th of July, will be presented a comedy, call'd, The provok'd husband or a journey to London ... : to which will be added a comedy of two acts, (never perform'd here) call'd, The author...tickets to be had at the Fountain ... and of Mr. Wilkinson at his lodgings at Mr. Gilbert's in St. Thomas's Street. Nothing under full price will be taken during the performance

34.
Mr. Colley Cibber anno aetatis 67 / [graphic]

Creator:
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1740]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Colley Cibber at the age of 67, after Van Loo, almost half-length, turned to the right, with long curly wig; oval frame on plinth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved at bottom of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757,
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Colley Cibber anno aetatis 67 / [graphic]

35.
The stage mutiny [graphic].

Creator:
Laguerre, John, 1700-1748, printmaker
Published / Created:
[June 1733]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
"Satire on the dispute between the managers of the Drury Lane Theatre and its players portrayed as if on a stage with heavy curtains drawn up above and on the right. In the centre, Theophilus Cibber stands in a swaggering pose in his role as Pistol (H...
Description:
Ttile etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), Bridgwater, Roger, active 1745,, Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757,, Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758,, Ellys, John, 1700 or 1701-1757,, Griffin, Benjamin, 1680-1740,, Harper, John, active 1714-1742,, Heron, Mary, active 1736,, Highmore, John, 1694-1759,, Johnson, Benjamin, 1664 or 1665-1742,, Miller, Joe, 1684-1738,, Mills, John, 1670-1736,, Mills, William, 1701-, Santlow, Hester,, Shaw, Hester,, and Wilks, Mary, active 1740-
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Crowds, Industrial arbitration, People associated with arts, entertainment & sports, and Theaters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The stage mutiny [graphic].

36.
Thy verses, Colley, by no Muse inspir'd, when set to musick justly are admir'd ... [graphic].

Published / Created:
[approximately 1733]
Call Number:
Hogarth 733.00.00.07 Box 100
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A copy in reverse, with variations, of Hogarth's subscription ticket for "A midnight modern conversation". The title of the music before the singer with spectacles at the top of image is "An ode for New Years Day"; the other singers hold music with t...
Alternative Title:
Ode for New Years Day
Description:
Title from first lines of verse.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Musicians, Music, Singers, and Eyeglasses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Thy verses, Colley, by no Muse inspir'd, when set to musick justly are admir'd ... [graphic].

37.
The oratory inveniam viam aut faciam. [art original]

Creator:
Steevens, George, 1736-1800, artist
Published / Created:
[not after 1800]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A tracing of a 1731 print after Hogarth: Satire on Orator Henley and his followers. A view of his Oratory in Clare Market with Henley preaching from an open-air platform in front of the building, one cloven hoof protruding from beneath his robe. A mon...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Subject (Name):
Henley, John, 1692-1756 and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Audiences, Butchers, Carriages & coaches, Clergy, Clowns, Defecation, Monkeys, Preachers, and Preaching
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The oratory inveniam viam aut faciam. [art original]

38.
A just view of the British stage, or, Three heads are better than one scene Newgate by M D-V-to

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[December 1724]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The stage of a theatre, with halters suspended over three managers of theatres; the labels issuing from the mouths of these persons have characteristic words. Wilks dangles Punch. The Laureat Cibber dangles Harlequin and invokes the Muses. Booth letti...
Alternative Title:
Three heads are better than one
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Clowns and Comedies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A just view of the British stage, or, Three heads are better than one scene Newgate by M D-V-to. [graphic]

39.
A just view of the British stage, or, Three heads are better than one scene Newgate by M D-V-to

Creator:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:
[December 1724]
Call Number:
Kinnaird 64K(b) Box 105
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The stage of a theatre, with halters suspended over three managers of theatres; the labels issuing from the mouths of these persons have characteristic words. Wilks dangles Punch. The Laureat Cibber dangles Harlequin and invokes the Muses. Booth letti...
Alternative Title:
Three heads are better than one
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Clowns and Comedies
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A just view of the British stage, or, Three heads are better than one scene Newgate by M D-V-to. [graphic]

40.
[Commonplace book], ca. 1680-1732

Creator:
Sharpe, Isaac
Call Number:
Osborn b90
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a large collection of religious and political prose and verse excerpts. The prose contents include notes extracted from Edward Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, 1625-42; Queen Anne's speeches to Parliamen...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, 1609-1674., Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Sharpe, Isaac.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Infant baptism, Political poetry, English, Satirical verse, English, Politics and government, and Religious life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], ca. 1680-1732

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