RICHARD BRINSLEY BUTLER SHERIDAN ,PARLIAMENTARIAN PLAYWRITER BORN 1751 OCTOBER 30 - 1816 JULY 7
RICHARD BRINSLEY BUTLER SHERIDAN ,PARLIAMENTARIAN PLAYWRITER BORN 1751 OCTOBER 30 - 1816 JULY 7 .Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) was an Irish satirist, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as The Rivals, The School for Scandal, The Duenna and A Trip to Scarborough. He was also a Whig MP for 32 years in the British House of Commons for Stafford (1780–1806), Westminster (1806–1807), and Ilchester (1807–1812). He is buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His plays remain a central part of the canon and are regularly performed worldwide. Life Portrait of a Gentleman, traditionally identified as Richard Brinsley Sheridan, by John Hoppner RB Sheridan was born in 1751 in Dublin, Ireland, where his family had a house on then fashionable Dorset Street. While in Dublin Sheridan attended the English Grammar School in Grafton Street. The family moved permanently ...