Memoirs of the life of the right honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Memoirs of the life of the right honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan
(Cambridge library collection, . Literary studies)
Cambridge University Press, 2013
- v. 1 : pbk
- v. 2 : pbk
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Reprint. Originally published: 3rd ed. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-Row, 1825
"This edition first published 1825. This digitally printed version 2013" -- T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108065009
Description
Best known for The Rivals and The School for Scandal, Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was already a celebrated comic playwright when he entered Parliament in 1780. Turning his wit and talent as a writer to political oratory, he won acclaim for his speeches in the House of Commons. As an independent-minded Whig, he had to reconcile his distrust of monarchical power with his role as friend and confidant to the future George IV. Sheridan's was ultimately a turbulent life, rocked by affairs, heavy drinking and constant debt. This successful and influential two-volume biography, first published in 1825, was written by the poet Thomas Moore (1779-1852), who went on to chart the life of Lord Byron. Volume 1 covers Sheridan's early life and career as a writer, including extensive extracts from unfinished plays.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Birth and education of Mr Sheridan
- 2. Duel with Mr Mathews
- 3. Domestic circumstances
- 4. The Duenna
- 5. The School for Scandal
- 6. Further purchase of theatrical property
- 7. Unfinished plays and poems
- 8. His first speeches in Parliament
- 9. The Prince of Wales
- 10. Charges against Mr Hastings
- 11. Impeachment of Mr Hastings.
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v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108065016
Description
Best known for The Rivals and The School for Scandal, Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was already a celebrated comic playwright when he entered Parliament in 1780. Turning his wit and talent as a writer to political oratory, he won acclaim for his speeches in the House of Commons. As an independent-minded Whig, he had to reconcile his distrust of monarchical power with his role as friend and confidant to the future George IV. Sheridan's was ultimately a turbulent life, rocked by affairs, heavy drinking and constant debt. This successful and influential two-volume biography, first published in 1825, was written by the poet Thomas Moore (1779-1852), who went on to chart the life of Lord Byron. Volume 2 covers Sheridan's political career, his speeches in Parliament and his final years, closing with reflections on his life.
Table of Contents
- 12. Death of Mr Sheridan's father
- 13. Illness of the king
- 14. French revolution
- 15. Death of Mrs Sheridan
- 16. Drury Lane theatre
- 17. Speech in answer to Lord Mornington
- 18. Play of The Stranger
- 19. State of parties
- 20. Destruction of the theatre of Drury Lane by fire
- 21. Affairs of the new theatre.
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