Richard Brinsley Sheridan [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… of the British Museum, 1837,0513.11. Image S. W. Fores, ‘A scene in the crown & anchor tavern or a crack in the wig club’, 1793, © The Trustees of the British Museum, 1868,0808.6282. Image ‘Scene from “School for Scandal” being performed … October 1751, Dublin, Ireland – 7 July 1816, London, England) was an Irish-born British playwright, poet, politician, 'clubbable' orator and owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as The Rivals (1775 … (1780–1806), Westminster (1806–1807), and Ilchester (1807–1812). He was a member of Samuel Johnson’s exclusive Literary Club as well as Brooks's Club, the fashionable 'Whig fraternity'. People > Art and Literature People > Politics People > …
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