Colley Cibber was not well received. In the middle of the play, he whispered to fellow actor Benjamin Victor that he wanted to go home, perhaps realising he was too old for the part and its physical demands. Cibber also essayed tragic parts in plays by Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, John Dryden and others, but with less success. By the end of his acting career, audiences were being entranced by the innovatively naturalistic acting of the rising star David Garrick, who made his London debut in the title part in a production of Cibber's adaptation of "Richard III" in 1741. He returned to
So Much for the Afterglow album, especially "Everything to Everyone", "I Will Buy You A New Life" and "Father of Mine," received heavy rotation on MTV's "Total Request Live" and launched Everclear into mainstream popularity briefly in the late-90s. "So Much for the Afterglow" provided Everclear with their only Grammy nomination to date, a Best Rock Instrumental nod in 1998 for "El Distorto de Melodica." "So Much for the Afterglow" remains Everclear's best selling album with a 2x Platinum certification by the RIAA in 1998. In January 2016 independent record label Intervention Records released 20th anniversary vinyl reissue of "So Much for the Afterglow". The