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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Irish satirist, a playwright and poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (October 30, 1751 – July 7, 1816) is an Irish satirist, a playwright and 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 is also a Whig MP for thirty-two 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.