Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes


I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience - it also marks the time, which is four o clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.


Citations

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The Critic. T. Becket, 1781, Act 2, Scene 2.

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
  • Born: October 30, 1751
  • Died: July 7, 1816
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Playwright, Satirist

Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan 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 Trip to Scarborough. He was also a Whig MP for 32 years in the British House of Commons for Stafford (1780–1806), Westminster (1806–1807), and Ilchester (1807–1812). He is buried at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. His plays remain a central part of the canon and are regularly performed worldwide.