Theophilus Cibber
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Theophilus Cibber was an English actor, playwright, author, and son of the actor-manager Colley Cibber.
Colley Cibber, Theophilus' father Engraving by Gerard Van der Gucht, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
Susannah Maria Cibber, Theophilus' second wife Portrait by Thomas Hudson
Ancient Pistol
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Ancient Pistol is a swaggering soldier who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare. Although full of grandiose boasts about his prowess, he is essentially a coward. The character is introduced in Henry IV, Part 2, and he reappears in The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry V.
Ancient Pistol meets Henry V disguised, while looking for Fluellen, illustration to Henry V by Henry Courtney Selous
Theophilus Cibber in the role of Pistol
The title page of Henry IV, part 2, advertising that it contains the "humours of Sir John Falstaff and swaggering Pistol", suggesting that Pistol was a popular character.