… 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 (1777), The Critic (1779) or Pizarro (1799). He moved from … Whig fraternity' on November 2, 1780, see Michael Cordner, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal and Other Plays (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), p.lvi. For Lord Byron, Sheridan was the epitome of the London …