Author: Jack E. DeRochi
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611484804
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This new collection of essays on Richard Brinsley Sheridan brings the most important British playwright of the eighteenth century back to the forefront of literary and cultural studies of the era. While his pyrotechnic life as a romantic hero, playwright, Member of Parliament, and theatre manager has generated a number of recent biographies, it is Sheridan's works--not just plays but also poetry and orations--that endure. These essays reclaim the legacy of the man of letters and partisan bon vivant who burst from obscurity to become a powerful cultural force in Georgian London. This collection covers the many lives of Sheridan, taking into account both his variegated career and the competing accounts of the man, as well as his early verse, which lays the foundation for his success as a playwright. Chapters are devoted to Sheridan's theatre, and provide innovative readings of his most famous dramatic pieces: The Rivals, The Duenna, The School for Scandal, The Critic, and Pizarro. The volume also includes extensive discussion of the dramatic highs of Sheridan's long political career, thus placing the playwright-politician firmly in the world in which performance and politics were inextricably entwined. Contributors: Mita Choudhury, Jack E. DeRochi, Marianna D'Ezio, Daniel J. Ennis, Emily Friedman, Steven Gores, David Haley, Robert W. Jones, Daniel O'Quinn, Glynis Ridley, John Vance, David Francis Taylor
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Author: Jack E. DeRochi
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611484804
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This new collection of essays on Richard Brinsley Sheridan brings the most important British playwright of the eighteenth century back to the forefront of literary and cultural studies of the era. While his pyrotechnic life as a romantic hero, playwright, Member of Parliament, and theatre manager has generated a number of recent biographies, it is Sheridan's works--not just plays but also poetry and orations--that endure. These essays reclaim the legacy of the man of letters and partisan bon vivant who burst from obscurity to become a powerful cultural force in Georgian London. This collection covers the many lives of Sheridan, taking into account both his variegated career and the competing accounts of the man, as well as his early verse, which lays the foundation for his success as a playwright. Chapters are devoted to Sheridan's theatre, and provide innovative readings of his most famous dramatic pieces: The Rivals, The Duenna, The School for Scandal, The Critic, and Pizarro. The volume also includes extensive discussion of the dramatic highs of Sheridan's long political career, thus placing the playwright-politician firmly in the world in which performance and politics were inextricably entwined. Contributors: Mita Choudhury, Jack E. DeRochi, Marianna D'Ezio, Daniel J. Ennis, Emily Friedman, Steven Gores, David Haley, Robert W. Jones, Daniel O'Quinn, Glynis Ridley, John Vance, David Francis Taylor
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611484804
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This new collection of essays on Richard Brinsley Sheridan brings the most important British playwright of the eighteenth century back to the forefront of literary and cultural studies of the era. While his pyrotechnic life as a romantic hero, playwright, Member of Parliament, and theatre manager has generated a number of recent biographies, it is Sheridan's works--not just plays but also poetry and orations--that endure. These essays reclaim the legacy of the man of letters and partisan bon vivant who burst from obscurity to become a powerful cultural force in Georgian London. This collection covers the many lives of Sheridan, taking into account both his variegated career and the competing accounts of the man, as well as his early verse, which lays the foundation for his success as a playwright. Chapters are devoted to Sheridan's theatre, and provide innovative readings of his most famous dramatic pieces: The Rivals, The Duenna, The School for Scandal, The Critic, and Pizarro. The volume also includes extensive discussion of the dramatic highs of Sheridan's long political career, thus placing the playwright-politician firmly in the world in which performance and politics were inextricably entwined. Contributors: Mita Choudhury, Jack E. DeRochi, Marianna D'Ezio, Daniel J. Ennis, Emily Friedman, Steven Gores, David Haley, Robert W. Jones, Daniel O'Quinn, Glynis Ridley, John Vance, David Francis Taylor
The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Category : Authors, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Category : Authors, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Category : English drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Category : English drama (Comedy)
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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A Traitor's Kiss
Author: Fintan O'Toole
Publisher: Granta Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781862071186
Category : Dramatists, English
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the writer of The School for Scandal and The Rivals. The text argues that Sheridan's Irishness was a crucial factor in his drive for English literary and political success.
Publisher: Granta Books (UK)
ISBN: 9781862071186
Category : Dramatists, English
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
A biography of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the writer of The School for Scandal and The Rivals. The text argues that Sheridan's Irishness was a crucial factor in his drive for English literary and political success.
Memoir of the public and private life of ... Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with a particular account of his family and connexions
Author: John Watkins
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
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The Rivals. A Comedy
Author: Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan
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Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Languages : en
Pages : 170
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The Dramatic Works of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, with a Memoir of His Life
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Languages : en
Pages : 584
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The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Author: Thomas Moore
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Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Languages : en
Pages : 586
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The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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