Richard b. sheridan biography
Richard b. sheridan biography
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and politician (1751–1816)
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 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.
The owner of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London, he wrote several prominent plays such as The Rivals (1775), The Duenna (1775), The School for Scandal (1777) and A Trip to Scarborough (1777).
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He served as Treasurer of the Navy from 1806 to 1807. Sheridan died in 1816 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 w