"1795, Richard B. Sheridan married Hester Jane Ogle (1776–1817), daughter of the Dean of Winchester. They had at least one child: Charles Brinsley Sheridan (1796–1843). At one time Sheridan owned Downe House, Richmond Hill in London. He also wrote a selection of poems and political speeches during his time in parliament. <!-- and Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 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"
"recognized some acting potential in him and encouraged him to participate in the theatre, even allowing Cushing to skip class to paint sets. He played the lead in nearly every school production during his teenage years, including the role of Sir Anthony Absolute in a 1929 staging of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of manners play, ""The Rivals"". Cushing wanted to enter the acting profession after school, but his father opposed the idea, despite the theatrical background of several of his family members. Instead, seizing upon Cushing's interest in art and drawing, he got his son a job as a surveyor's"
"for whom it has been my fortune to direct the stage and to rehearse the immortal drama of which he is the central and pervasive figure are McCullough, Barrett, Sullivan, Booth, and, by no means least, William E. Sheridan. William E. Sheridan William E. Sheridan (June 1, 1839 – May 18, 1887) was an American stage actor and Civil War veteran, active on stage from 1858 until his death in 1887. Sheridan was a respected actor who played both lead and supporting roles, but was probably best suited when cast as the villain. William Edward Sheridan was born in Boston,"
"A Trip to Scarborough A Trip to Scarborough is an 18th-century play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), first performed on 24 February 1777. Sheridan based his work on John Vanbrugh's ""The Relapse"" (1696), removing much of the bawdy content. The play was reworked as one of three plot strands in a 1982 revival by Alan Ayckbourn, with the action taking place in the Royal Hotel, Scarborough. The first performance was on 8 December that year. It is a technically demanding piece as the actors are required to take on several roles, with quick changes between scenes as the play switches"
"and thus Tom gains his desired end – a bride, a fortune, and the utter discomfiture of his brother. A Trip to Scarborough A Trip to Scarborough is an 18th-century play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), first performed on 24 February 1777. Sheridan based his work on John Vanbrugh's ""The Relapse"" (1696), removing much of the bawdy content. The play was reworked as one of three plot strands in a 1982 revival by Alan Ayckbourn, with the action taking place in the Royal Hotel, Scarborough. The first performance was on 8 December that year. It is a technically demanding piece"
"William E. Sheridan William E. Sheridan (June 1, 1839 – May 18, 1887) was an American stage actor and Civil War veteran, active on stage from 1858 until his death in 1887. Sheridan was a respected actor who played both lead and supporting roles, but was probably best suited when cast as the villain. William Edward Sheridan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, where in his late teens he clerked for several years at Benjamin Loring & Co., a stationery store on State Street. He made his stage debut at Boston’s Howard Athenaeum on March 15, 1858, as Robin in Thomas"
"revived. Sheridan (1751–1816) was born in Dublin into a family with a strong literary and theatrical tradition. His mother was a writer and his father was manager of Smock Alley Theatre. The family moved to England in the 1750s, and Sheridan attended Harrow Public School. His first play, ""The Rivals"" 1775, was performed at Covent Garden and was an instant success. He went on to become the most significant London playwright of the late 18th century with plays like ""The School for Scandal"" and ""The Critic"". He was owner of the Drury Lane Theatre, which he bought from David Garrick."
"year he had a great success as Sir Anthony Absolute in ""The Rivals"". The critic David Benedictus wrote of Richardson's performance, ""...he is choleric and gouty certainly, the script demands that he shall be, but his most engaging quality, his love for his son in spite of himself, shines through every line."" In 1967 he again played Shylock; this was the last time he acted in a Shakespeare play on stage. His performance won critical praise, but the rest of the cast were less well received. Interspersed with his stage plays, Richardson made thirteen cinema films during the decade. On"
"Sir Martin Mar-all Sir Martin Mar-all, or The Feign'd Innocence is an English Restoration comedy, first performed on 15 August 1667. Written by John Dryden and based on a translation of ""L'Étourdi"" by Molière, it was one of Dryden's earliest comedies, and also one of the greatest theatrical successes of his career. The play's 1666 entry into the Stationers' Register assigned it to William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle. John Downes, in his ""Roscius Anglicanus"" (1708), maintained that Newcastle executed ""a bare translation"" of Molière's play, which was revised and adapted by Dryden. The play was first published in quarto"
"Absolution (1978 film) Absolution is a 1978 British thriller film directed by Anthony Page and written by playwright Anthony Shaffer. The film stars Richard Burton as a priest who teaches at a boys' school and finds one of his favourite students is playing a nasty practical joke on him. He sets out to investigate the prank and stumbles upon a dead body, leading to his life spiralling out of control. The film centres on schoolboy Benjamin Stanfield and his unpopular, bespectacled friend, Arthur Dyson, who wears a leg brace; their form master, Father Goddard, and a travelling motorcyclist named Blakey."
"Alley Theatre in Dublin, but following his move to England in 1758 he gave up acting and wrote several books on the subject of education, and especially the standardisation of the English language in education. After Sheridan's period in Harrow School, his father employed a private tutor, Lewis Ker, who directed his studies in his father's house in London, while Angelo instructed him in fencing and horsemanship. In 1772 Sheridan fought two duels with Captain Thomas Mathews, who had written a newspaper article defaming the character of Elizabeth Ann Linley, the woman Sheridan intended to marry. In the first duel,"
"of Miss Verjuice does). ""The School for Scandal"" has been widely admired. The English critic William Hazlitt was particularly effusive in his praise of Sheridan's comedies in general (""everything in them ""tells""; there is no labour in vain"") and of this play in particular: Edmund Gosse called the play ""perhaps the best existing English comedy of intrigue"", while Charles Lamb wrote that ""This comedy grew out of Congreve and Wycherley"", but criticised ""sentimental incompatibilities"" even while admitting that ""the gaiety upon the whole is buoyant."" Samuel Barber composed his first full orchestral work as an overture programmed for the play."
"soon became the subject of a satirical play ""The Maid of Bath"" written by Samuel Foote, which opened in 1771 at the Haymarket Theatre in London. Sheridan was one of Foote's favourite targets. Long's character, played by Foote himself, was named Solomon Flint, described as a ""fat, fusty, shabby, shuffling, money loving, water drinking, mirth-marring, amorous old huncks"", who ""owns half the farms in the country"", being 60 at least and ""a filthy old goat! He supposedly has a rumbling old family coach and a moated haunted old house in the country.."" Foote was frequently threatened with libel suits. Walter"
"of Wakefield"" (1766), a pastoral poem ""The Deserted Village"" (1770) and two plays, ""The Good-Natur'd Man"" 1768 and ""She Stoops to Conquer"" 1773. Sheridan was born in Dublin, but his family moved to England in the 1750s. His first play, ""The Rivals"" 1775, was performed at Covent Garden and was an instant success. He went on to become the most significant London playwright of the late 18th century with plays like ""The School for Scandal"" and ""The Critic"". Sterne published his famous novel ""Tristram Shandy"" in parts between 1759 and 1767. The sentimental novel or the novel of sensibility is"
"the army in 1803 under Lord Moira as aide-de-camp then in Ireland where he served as a muster-master general in 1806. That year, his father gifted him a 25 per cent share of the Drury Lane Theatre where Sheridan became the manager. He also undertook managerial duties at the Lyceum Theatre, London while still managing the Theatre Royal. He wrote poetry, plays and melodramas, including ""Description of Characters"" in 1808 and ""The Russian"", which was staged for 11 performances at Drury Lane from 13 May 1813. According to the tenor Michael Kelly, a leading figure in British musical theatre, Sheridan"
"by Goldsmith. He remained a member of the Covent Garden company until 1783, appearing in many parts, among which were Fag in ""The Rivals"", which he created, and Sir Anthony Absolute in the same comedy. In 1783 he removed to Drury Lane, where he assumed the Shakespearian rôles of Touchstone, Lucio, and Falstaff. In 1787 he left London for Edinburgh, where he gave recitations, including Cowper's ""John Gilpin"". For a short time in 1792 Lewes assisted Stephen Kemble in the management of the Dundee Repertory Theatre; in the following year he went to Dublin, but he was financially unsuccessful and"
"André (play) André; a Tragedy in Five Acts is a play by William Dunlap, first produced at the Park Theatre in New York City on March 30, 1798, by the Old American Company, published in that same year together with a collection of historic documents relating to the case of the title character, Major John André, the British officer who was hanged as a spy on October 2, 1780, for his role in the treason of Benedict Arnold. The play does not go into the historic details, but rather presents a fictionalized account of the American debate over whether to"
"classics of Shaw, Sheridan, and Shakespeare to light comedies, TV situation comedy, thrillers and musicals. Among his notable credits in London are Jack Absolute in ""The Rivals"" with Michael Hordern as his father and Geraldine McEwan as Mrs Malaprop, and Lord Goring in Peter Hall's ""An Ideal Husband"". He has acted on many British television shows since the mid-1970s including ""Lillie"", ""Romeo and Juliet"", ""The Professionals"", ""Minder"", ""Rumpole of the Bailey"", ""Lovejoy"", ""Coming Home"" and ""Holby City"". In 1986 he appeared in the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""The Trial of a Time Lord"" in the ""Mindwarp"" segment. He was one of"
"The School for Scandal The School for Scandal is a play, a comedy, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. It was first performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre on 8 May 1777. Scene I: Lady Sneerwell, a wealthy young widow, and her hireling Snake discuss her various scandal-spreading plots. Snake asks why she is so involved in the affairs of Sir Peter Teazle, his ward Maria, and Charles and Joseph Surface, two young men under Sir Peter's informal guardianship, and why she has not yielded to the attentions of Joseph, who is highly respectable. Lady Sneerwell confides that Joseph wants"
"King Arthur (opera) King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Z. 628), is a semi-opera in five acts with music by Henry Purcell and a libretto by John Dryden. It was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, London, in late May or early June 1691. The plot is based on the battles between King Arthur's Britons and the Saxons, rather than the legends of Camelot (although Merlin does make an appearance). It is a Restoration spectacular, including such supernatural characters as Cupid and Venus plus references to the Germanic gods of the Saxons, Woden, Thor, and Freya. The tale"
"in the Victorian era. The play concerns stock melodrama characters who take on a life of their own and comment negatively on the absurd plot their author forces them into. Music is a continual and essential element of the dramatic action throughout the piece. As scholar Jane W. Stedman observes in her book ""Gilbert Before Sullivan"", this play anticipates Luigi Pirandello's ""Six Characters in Search of an Author"". Fans of Gilbert and Sullivan will notice that Sir Ruthven Glenaloon prefigures Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, Baronet of Ruddigore; Alice Grey, the virtuous heroine, is a foundling like Rose Maybud in ""Ruddigore""; and"
"theatre was closed on 20 April 1759, and Victor returned to England. The theatre later reopened, being active until 1787, but Victor did not return - having become involved with the Drury Lane Theatre in his native London. The first Theatre Royal housed the plays of George Farquhar (The Recruiting Officer/The Beaux Stratagem), Oliver Goldsmith (She Stoops to Conquer) and Richard Brinsley Sheridan, son of Thomas Sheridan (The Rivals/School for Scandal). It was here that the stars of world theatre appeared to much acclaim such as Peg Woffington, Thomas Sheridan, Spranger Barry and Charles Macklin. It was on the stage"
"Thomas Sheridan (actor) Thomas Sheridan (1719 – 14 August 1788) was an Irish stage actor, an educator, and a major proponent of the elocution movement. He received his M.A. in 1743 from Trinity College in Dublin, and was the godson of Jonathan Swift. He also published a ""respelled"" dictionary of the English language (1780). He was married (1747) to Frances Chamberlaine. His son was the better known Richard Brinsley Sheridan, while his daughters were also writers - Alicia, a playwright, and Betsy Sheridan a diarist. His work is very noticeable in the writings of Hugh Blair. Thomas Sheridan was the"
"H. Coveney as Martha. Sir Everton and his cousin Charlotte have been arranged to be married, but have not seen each other since they were young. Each switches places with a servant to secretly view their betrothed before meeting them. The plot is similar to ""The Game of Love and Chance"" a French play by Marivaux first performed in 1730. Checkmate (play) Checkmate is a two-act farcical play by Andrew Halliday first performed in 1869, and was one of his more successful plays. The play debuted at the Royalty Theatre in London on July 15, 1869. The 1869 cast included"
"The Chieftain The Chieftain is a two-act comic opera by Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand based on their 1867 opera, ""The Contrabandista"". It consists of substantially the same first act as the 1867 work with a completely new second act. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on December 12, 1894, under the management of Richard D'Oyly Carte, for a run of 97 performances (by Sullivan's standards, a flop). The opening cast included Florence St. John, Courtice Pounds, Walter Passmore, Richard Temple, Scott Russell, Florence Perry, Emmie Owen, R. Scott Fishe and Rosina Brandram. In 1894, impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte"
"to be a version of his play ""The Thrie Estaitis"" in 1540, which satirised the corruption of church and state, and which is the only complete play to survive from before the Reformation. George Buchanan (1506–82) was major influence on Continental theatre with plays such as ""Jepheths"" and ""Baptistes"", which influenced Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine and through them the neo-classical tradition in French drama, but his impact in Scotland was limited by his choice of Latin as a medium. The anonymous ""The Maner of the Cyring of ane Play"" (before 1568) and ""Philotus"" (published in London in 1603), are"
"role of Shakespeare's ""Othello"". He also played major roles in plays such as ""The Castle Spectre"" and ""The Padlock"". In search of new and suitable material, Aldridge also appeared occasionally as white European characters, for which he would be appropriately made up with greasepaint and wig. Examples of these are Captain Dirk Hatteraick and Bertram in Rev. R. C. Maturin's ""Bertram"", the title role in Shakespeare's ""Richard III"", and Shylock in ""The Merchant of Venice"". In 1831 Aldridge successfully played in Dublin; at several locations in southern Ireland, where he created a sensation in the small towns; as well as"
"""Armchair Theatre"" (1969), ""Seasons Of The Year"" (1971), ""Zodiac"", ""Crown Court"" and ""Marked Personal"" (all during 1974), ""Village Hall"" (1975); ""Sykes"" (1979), and ""The Swish of the Curtain"" (1980). Sheridan featured in several major television plays (in the BBC ""Play of the Month"" and ""Play for Today"" strands) most notably Oscar Wilde's ""An Ideal Husband"" (1969, with Margaret Leighton, Keith Michell, Jeremy Brett and Susan Hampshire); and John Galsworthy's ""Loyalties"" (1976, with Edward Fox amongst others). Both were produced by Cedric Messina and directed by Rudolph Cartier. In 1983 she made a guest appearance in the BBC science fiction television"
"play has also made it at times a problematic work to make effective in today's theatre. In appraising a 1999 staging of Sheridan's comedy at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one critic found the ""staunchly orthodox production"" to be lacking, commenting that Another reviewer in ""Variety"" noted of a 1995 production starring Tony Randall as Sir Peter Teazle that Sheridan's play was ""such a superbly crafted laugh machine, and so timeless in delivering delectable comeuppance to a viper's nest of idle-rich gossipmongers, that you'd practically have to club it to death to stifle its amazing pleasures"" – before claiming"
"The Admirable Crichton The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie. Barrie took the title from the sobriquet of a fellow Scot, the polymath James Crichton, a 16th-century genius and athlete. The epigram-loving Ernest is probably a caricature of the title character in Oscar Wilde's ""The Importance of Being Earnest"". The plot may derive from ""Robinson's Eiland"", an 1896 German play by Ludwig Fulda. In this, ""a satire upon modern super-cultur in its relation to primal nature"", a group of Berlin officials (including a capitalist, a professor and a journalist) are shipwrecked on"
"king and queen thought to be a version of his play ""The Thrie Estaitis"" in 1540, which satirised the corruption of church and state, and which is the only complete play to survive from before the Reformation. George Buchanan (1506–82) was major influence on Continental theatre with plays such as ""Jepheths"" and ""Baptistes"", which influenced Pierre Corneille and Jean Racine and through them the neo-classical tradition in French drama, but his impact in Scotland was limited by his choice of Latin as a medium. The anonymous ""The Maner of the Cyring of ane Play"" (before 1568) and ""Philotus"" (published in"
"short time, however, he completed ""The Rivals"". ""The Rivals"" was first performed at Covent Garden, London, on 17 January 1775. It was roundly vilified by both the public and the critics for its length, for its bawdiness and for the character of Sir Lucius O'Trigger being a meanly written role played very badly. The actor, Lee, after being hit with an apple during the performance, stopped and addressed the audience, asking ""By the pow'rs, is it ""personal""? — is it me, or the matter?"" Apparently, it was both. Sheridan immediately withdrew the play and in the next 11 days, rewrote"
"John Langford Pritchard John Langford Pritchard (1799 – 5 August 1850) was an English actor, known as ‘Gentleman Pritchard’. Pritchard was the son of a captain in the navy, was born, it is said, at sea, in 1799, and, adopting his father's profession, became a midshipman. After some practice as an amateur he joined a small company in Wales, and on 24 May 1820, as 'Pritchard from Cheltenham,' made his first appearance in Bath, playing Captain Absolute in the 'Rivals.' In August he played under Bunn, at the New Theatre, Birmingham, Lord Trinket, Sir Benjamin Backbite, and other parts, reappearing"