Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish playwright and poet, known for writing satire and comedies of manners. He owned the London Theatre Royal and served as a Whig MP in the British House of Commons. His plays are considered central to the Western dramatic canon and are still performed regularly throughout the world.
Sheridan was born in Dublin in 1751 to Thomas and Frances Sheridan, the youngest of three children. Both of Sheridan's parents were writers: his mother wrote plays and novels,...
