Richard Brinsley Sheridan [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… of the British Museum, 1868,0808.6282. Image ‘Scene from “School for Scandal” being performed in Drury Lane Theatre, London; four actors on stage, the audience watching from boxes on either side’, 1778, © The Trustees of the British … of the British Museum, M.4966. Résumé Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 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 ), The School for Scandal …
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