Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and
Whig politician who sat in the
British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of
Stafford,
Westminster and
Ilchester. The owner of the
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in
London, he wrote several prominent plays such as ''
The Rivals'' (1775), ''
The Duenna'' (1775), ''
The School for Scandal'' (1777) and ''
A Trip to Scarborough'' (1777), along with serving as
Treasurer of the Navy from 1806 to 1807. After dying in 1816, Sheridan was buried at
Poets' Corner in
Westminster Abbey, and his plays remain a central part of the
Western canon and are regularly performed around the world.
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