id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6761 Colley Cibber - Wikipedia .html text/html 8384 683 73 His mother, Jane née Colley, came from a family of gentry from Glaston, Rutland.[3] He was educated at the King's School, Grantham, from 1682 until the age of 16, but failed to win a place at Winchester College, which had been founded by his maternal ancestor William of Wykeham.[4] In 1688, he joined the service of his father's patron, Lord Devonshire, who was one of the prime supporters of the Glorious Revolution.[5] After the revolution, and at a loose end in London, he was attracted to the stage and in 1690 began work as an actor in Thomas Betterton's United Company at the Drury Lane Theatre. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6761.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6761.txt