Richard III (play) The earliest certain performance occurred on 1633, when Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria watched it on the Queen's birthday. Colley Cibber produced the most successful of the Restoration adaptations of Shakespeare with his version of "Richard III", at Drury Lane starting in 1700. Cibber himself played the role till 1739, and his version was on stage for the next century and a half. It contained the lines "Off with his head; so much for Buckingham" – possibly the most famous Shakespearean line that Shakespeare did not write – and "Richard's himself again!". The original Shakespearean version returned in a
Catherine Cibber reach adulthood, Theophilus, became an actor at Drury Lane Theatre at the age of 16 in 1721. Theophilus became an embarrassment because of his scandalous life. Their other son to survive infancy, James, died in or after 1717 before reaching adulthood. Colley's youngest daughter Charlotte followed in her father's theatrical footsteps, but she fell out with him and her sister Catherine, and she was cut off by the family. Cibber died in Knightsbridge in 1734 of asthma. Catherine Cibber Catherine Cibber born Katherine Shore (baptised 1669 – 17 January 1734) was a British singer and actor. Cibber was born in