Jane Cibber
British actress
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Jane Cibber (née Johnson; 1704/1706 — 1733) was a British stage actress.[1]
Life
She was born in 1704 or 1706 as Jane Johnson.[2]
Her guardian was the writer Richard Savage. Originally appearing at Drury Lane Theatre as Jane Johnson, in 1725 she married Theophilus Cibber the son of actor-manager Colley Cibber.[3] She had four children with him while continuing to act on the stage in a mixture of comedies and tragedies. When Elizabeth Younger defected to work for the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre company, she took over the roles she had been playing.[3] In 1731, she played the title role in Caelia by Charles Johnson.[citation needed]
She died after childbirth in 1733. Her husband said he would never remarry. He did in 1734.[2]
Selected roles
- Polyxena in Hecuba by Richard West (1726)
- Jenny in The Provoked Husband (1728)
- Ianthe in Love in a Riddle (1729)
- Cleone in Timoleon by Benjamin Martyn (1730)
- Maria in The London Merchant (1731)
- Caelia in Caelia (1732)
- Clarissa in The Modish Couple (1732)
- Lady Charlotte Gaywit in The Modern Husband by Henry Fielding (1732)
