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    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...
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  • Richard Sheridan may refer to: Richard Bingham Sheridan (1822–1897), Australian civil servant Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Irish playwright...
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    The Rivals (category Plays by Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
    The Rivals is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775. The...
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  • Richard Brinsley Sheridan (bapt. 26 May 1806 – 2 May 1888) was an English Whig politician. He was born in London, the eldest son of Thomas Sheridan, colonial...
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    The School for Scandal (category Plays by Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
    The School for Scandal is a comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777...
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    Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1787) is an oil on canvas portrait painted by Thomas Gainsborough between 1785 and 1787. It was acquired by the National...
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  • named Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Irish playwright (The Rivals), poet and politician Sheridan may also refer to: Sheridan (surname) Sheridan Gilley...
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  • Thumbnail for Elizabeth Ann Linley
    Johnson, Elizabeth was herself the wife of the leading playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. She was one of the most noted soprano singers of her day, though...
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    Thomas Sheridan (16 or 17 November 1775 – 12 September 1817) was the only son of the Irish playwright and poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the soprano...
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  • Thumbnail for James Sheridan Knowles
    James Sheridan Knowles (12 May 1784 – 30 November 1862) was an Irish dramatist and actor. A relative of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Knowles enjoyed success...
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    Pizarro (play) (category Plays by Richard Brinsley Sheridan)
    Pizarro is a 1799 historical tragedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was inspired by August von Kotzebue's play Die Spanier in Peru, based on the Spanish...
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    Anthologia Hibernica (“Irish Anthology”). Samuel Whyte had taught Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and English Whig politician, of whom Moore later...
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  • Thumbnail for Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
    of Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an 1825 biography written by Thomas Moore about the life of the playwright and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816)...
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    of Richmond upon Thames, which has been occupied by playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rolling Stones' lead vocalist Mick Jagger and model Jerry...
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    later William Pitt the Younger and Irish-born playwright and MP Richard Brinsley Sheridan were residents. Tailors started doing business in the area in...
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    Frances Sheridan. Linley collaborated with his son Thomas in penning the comic opera The Duenna, with libretto by his son-in-law Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Linley's...
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    Royal, Drury Lane in London. He was named after the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, who was a friend of his father. From 1809 to 1817 Peake was an...
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  • "malaprop") comes from a character named "Mrs. Malaprop" in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals. Mrs. Malaprop frequently misspeaks (to...
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  • Thumbnail for Thomas Sheridan (actor)
    known Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Charles Francis Sheridan, while his daughters were also writers - Alicia, a playwright, and Betsy Sheridan a diarist...
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    singer in her own right, eloped with the playwright and poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The centre house of the crescent (#16) was used as a residence...
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