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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
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