Person    | Male  Born 4/11/1751  Died 7/7/1816

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Categories: Seriously Famous, Theatre

Countries: Ireland

Playwright. Born Dublin. Pupil at Harrow School 1762-8. Married Elizabeth Linley at St Marylebone Church in 1773. 1780-5 they lived in the grand house "The Grove" in Harrow, immediately north-east of St Mary's Church. The associated stables are still named for him. His plays include: The Rivals (1775), School for Scandal (1777). Died London.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Old Church Garden - facts

The left-most of 3 plaques on the back wall of the garden.

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R. B. Sheridan - Hertford Street

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1751 - 1816, dramatist and statesman lived here, 1...

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R. B. Sheridan - Savile Row

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, dramatist, lived here, B: 1751, D: 1816. {Almost ...

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Sheridan's Stables

"Form rooms" is what many public schools call their class rooms, after the fo...

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Khaki

Khaki

A very successful comedy burlesque written by Herbert C. Sargent and Con West and was performed at the Islington Empire. It starred Ernie Lotinga. Great War Fiction has a report on the censor's res...

Fiction, Humour, Theatre

1 memorial
Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte DBE

Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte DBE

Theatre manager. Born Suffolk Street, Pall Mall. Grand-daughter of Richard D'Oyly Carte. Became her father's heir at the age of 24 on the death of her brother in a motoring accident. She took an a...

Person, Commerce, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial
Bonnie Greer

Bonnie Greer

Playwright and novelist. Born in Chicago. She visited Britain as part of a production at the Edinburgh Festival in 1986 and has remained here ever since. She has written many plays for radio and ha...

Person, Theatre, TV & Radio, USA

1 memorial
Billy Smart's Circus

Billy Smart's Circus

The first appearance of the Billy Smart Circus was at Southall Park.

Group, Theatre

2 memorials