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'Reading Colley Cibber's Apology is always delightful, for, as well as being the first in the genre, it is one of the most enjoyable theatrical autobiographies ever written. But it is an especial delight to read it in the wise and genial company of David Roberts, the ideal guide to Cibber and the theatres he wrote for and acted in.' Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame 'The Roberts edition of Cibber's Apology represents a major advance on those by Lowe, Fone, and Evans and will be hugely helpful to both specialists and more casual readers. It will immediately become the edition we expect to find cited in all scholarly books and articles.' Robert D. Hume, The Pennsylvania State University

'Reading Colley Cibber's Apology is always delightful, for, as well as being the first in the genre, it is one of the most enjoyable theatrical autobiographies ever written. But it is an especial delight to read it in the wise and genial company of David Roberts, the ideal guide to Cibber and the theatres he wrote for and acted in.' Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame

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David Roberts is Professor of English at Birmingham City University. His book Thomas Betterton (Cambridge University Press, 2010) was a finalist for the Freedley Award. His other scholarly editions include Lord Chesterfield's Letters (1992) and William Congreve's The Way of the World (2019). His essay on Beethoven and Shakespeare was Editor's Choice in the June 2019 issue of The Cambridge Quarterly.

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