His first play, The Rivals, opened at London's Covent Garden Theatre in 1775, but its first performance was not a success. Copyright © 1999 - 2020 GradeSaver LLC. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. At Drury Lane Sheridan revived the plays of William Congreve, which led to a renewed appreciation of Restoration comedy. He is best known for his contribution to the revival of the English Restoration comedy of manners, which depicts the amorous intrigues of wealthy society. Both of Sheridan's parents were writers: his mother wrote plays and novels, and his father wrote treatises on education. There he met the soprano singer Elizabeth Ann Linley, the woman he would marry. Sheridan was educated near his home until age 11, when he was sent to Harrow School, where he was generally successful and especially well-liked by the other students. Though he was injured severely, he recovered and was able to marry Miss Linley in 1772. Eventually, he broke with his former ally Charles James Fox over the French Revolution. Playwright Peter Sheridan, slightly slumped back in his restaurant chair, leaned forward, in the uncharacteristic position of searching for the words to describe "what it was like in Belfast then." On Feb. 7, 1787, Sheridan spoke for 5 hours on the crimes of Hastings against the begums (princesses) of Oudh. He owned the London Theatre Royal and served as a Whig MP in the British House of Commons. He attended Harrow and in 1770 moved with his family to Bath. His grandfather Thomas Sheridan had been a companion and confidant of Jonathan Swift; his father was the author of a pronouncing dictionary and the advocate of a scheme of public education that gave a prominent place to elocution; and his mother gained some fame as a playwright. Following their marriage and move to London, Sheridan quickly became a successful playwright. Along with his friend N.B. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was born in Dublin in 1751, and, although his family moved to England shortly before his eighth birthday, he self-identified as Irish throughout his life. With this friend Sheridan also wrote his first play, a farce called Jupiter, which was rejected by both David Garrick and Samuel Foote. Finally, we will solve this crossword puzzle clue and get the correct word. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. His plays are considered central to the Western dramatic canon and are still performed regularly throughout the world. The Rivals (1775). For thirty-two years he was also a Whig Member of the British House of Commons for Stafford (1780–1806), Westminster (1806–1807) and Ilchester (1807–1812). During this same time, Sheridan began to aspire to a literary career. In the months that precede the outbreak of World War II, American writer Clifford Bradshaw lands in Berlin and soon finds himself at the notorious Kit Kat Klub. By continuing, you agree to our In June 1776 Sheridan purchased Garrick's share of the Drury Lane Theater and became its manager. The most importunate of her admirers was a Capt. He became MP for Stafford in 1780 and spent 32 years in Parliament, where he supported the Whigs. When did Evelyn Waugh write Brideshead Revisited? Richard Brinsley Sheridan is famed for his nimble and witty comedies of manners, the most famous of which is The School for Scandal. Privacy Policy. The Plays and Poems of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of … Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Mrs. Frances Sheridan, Mother of … Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Raymond Rhodes wrote the most substantial critical study, Harlequin Sheridan: The Man and the Legends. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish playwright and poet, known for writing satire and comedies of manners. 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