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Playwright, politician. Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester.
Apr 8, 2024 · Richard Brinsley Sheridan (baptized November 4, 1751, Dublin, Ireland—died July 7, 1816, London, England) was an Irish-born playwright, impresario, orator, and Whig politician. His plays, notably The School for Scandal (1777), form a link in the history of the comedy of manners between the end of the 17th century and Oscar Wilde in the 19th ...
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman. His most famous plays, including The Rivals , The School for Scandal , and The Critic were popular throughout the eighteenth century and remain so today.
The School for Scandal. Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Brilliant biting comedy styled to the nines with period flair and promising an exuberant feast of big wigs and even bigger laughs. Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Stratford-upon-Avon. 2 Jul - 6 Sep 2024 Book Tickets. Running time: To be confirmed. About the play. Cast and creatives. Behind the scenes.
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Dec 10, 2019 · 10 December 2019. This evening (Tues 10 Dec), Fintan O'Toole delivers a lecture 'Biography and history: the case of the Sheridans' at the RIA as part of a celebratory evening marking ten years since the first volumes of the DIB were published. Below is the DIB entry for Richard Brinsley Sheridan, one of the Sheridan family's many luminaries.
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Richard spent his early years in Dublin where Thomas Sheridan was the prosperous manager of the Smock Alley Theatre. Rising political tensions in Ireland, however, soon destroyed the promising economic prospects of the Sheridan family.
