Electronic Enlightenment Biographical Dictionary
Access: 
Restricted —— see access details below.
Name : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Dates : born 1751–died 1816
Nationality : Irish
Occupation : author; playwright; politician
Correspondents include : Richard Peake; John Grubb; Hester Jane Sheridan [née Ogle]
Current document count : 1318 written; 4 received . . . .
DOI
Full-text resources in the Oxford Text Archive*
Showing 10 of 19 works — subscribe or login to see the full list
- The camp: a musical entertainment, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. By R. B. Sheridan, Esq.
- The celebrated speech of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq: in Westminster-Hall, on the 3d, 6th, 10th, and 13th of June, 1788, on his summing up the evidence on the Begum charge against Warren Hastings, Esquire.
- A comparative statement of the two bills, for the better government of the British possessions in India: brought into Parliament by Mr. Fox and Mr. Pitt. With explanatory observations. By R. B. Sheridan, Esq.
- The critic: or a tragedy rehearsed a dramatic piece in three acts as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane by, Richard Brinsley Sheridan Esqr.
- The duenna: a comic opera. In three acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden: with universal applause. By R. B. Sheridan, Esq
- The legislative independence of Ireland vindicated: in a speech of Mr. Sheridan's on the Irish propositions, in the British House of Commons. To which is annexed an authentic copy of the twenty resolutions, on the Irish commercial intercourse; as they passed that House, on the 30th of May, 1785;
- A letter to the most insolent man alive
- An ode to the genius of scandal
- Pizarro; or The Spaniards in Peru. A tragedy in five acts. / Translated from the German of Kotzebue.
- The rivals: a comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.
* The Oxford Text Archive (OTA) — a major repository of tens-of-thousands of full-text works — has moved to the Bodleian Library to join with Electronic Enlightenment. These two outstanding collections are involved in the creation of a new scholarly resource: “Lives, letters & works”.
Access details
Every person and document has a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and public landing page with basic metadata, however most items require a subscription for full access.
Restricted — This item requires a subscription for full access
Public — Everyone has access to this item
Electronic Enlightenment is a not-for-profit subscription resource
If you or your institution has a subscription simply login for full access. Find out about subscriptions and institutional free trials.
