Richard Brinsley Sheridan [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… his family and befriending among others David Garrick and Charles Macklin. His mother, Frances (born Chamberlain) was a novelist and playwright. His sister Alicia Le Fanu was also a playwright (The Sons of Erin; or, Modern Sentiments , … ( Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Frances Sheridan, 1824), and his younger sister Elizabeth Sheridan 9 was a novelist ( The Triumph of Prudence over Passion , 1781). 10 The Rivals (1775 ) , a play based on Sheridan’s love story …
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