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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and politician (–)
This article is about Anglo-Irish playwright and politician. For his grandson, the English politician, see Richard Brinsley Sheridan (politician). For the Australian politician, see Richard Bingham Sheridan.
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October &#;&#; 7 July ) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from to , representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and Ilchester. The owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London, he wrote several prominent plays such as The Rivals (), The Duenna (), The School for Scandal () and A Trip to Scarborough (). He served as Treasurer of the Navy from to Sheridan died in and was buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His plays remain a central part of the Western canon and are regularly performed around the world.
Early life
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish playwright and poet, known for writing satire and comedies of manners. He owned the London Theatre Royal and served as a Whig MP in the British House of Commons. His plays are considered central to the Western dramatic canon and are still performed regularly throughout the world.
Sheridan was born in Dublin in to Thomas and Frances Sheridan, the youngest of three children. Both of Sheridan's parents were writers: his mother wrote plays and novels, and his father wrote treatises on education. Sheridan was educated near his home until age 11, when he was sent to Harrow School, where he was generally successful and especially well-liked by the other students. He left this school at age 17 to receive individualized tutoring in English.
During this same time, Sheridan began to aspire to a literary career. Along with his friend N.B. Halhed, he wrote a farce called Jupiter that, though unsuccessful, is seen as a precursor in some ways to his later
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan ()
Richard Brinsley Sheridan was born in Dublin in , and, although his family moved to England shortly before his eighth birthday, he self-identified as Irish throughout his life. The Protestant Sheridans were originally of Gaelic Catholic stock and had deep roots in Quilca, Co. Cavan. Richard's grandfather, Thomas, was a published poet and a friend of Jonathan Swift's, and his father, also called Thomas, was a celebrated actor, theatre manager, playwright, and elocution teacher. Richard's mother, Frances, was a well-regarded novelist and playwright, and his sisters, Alicia and Elizabeth, were also writers.
Richard's first play, The Rivals (), was based loosely on his own experiences of fighting duels during his courtship of the beautiful English singer, Elizabeth Ann Linley; the play also drew on an unproduced play of his mother's, A Trip to Bath. From an Irish point of view, The Rivals is important, because it makes subversive use of the lager f