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St Patrick's Day, or, The Scheming Lieutenant is an 18th-century play by Irish playwright and poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), first performed on 2 May 1775 at Covent Garden. It is said to have completed by the author within two days. Sheridan wrote the two-act farce for the benefit performance of lead actor Lawrence Clinch, who had so successfully played Sir Lucius O'Trigger in his previous play The Rivals.
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (1751-1816) 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.
A scholarly edition of the dramatic works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
L'École de la médisance, comédie en 4 actes, imitée de l'anglais de Sheridan, par P.-N. Famin, ... [Paris, Variétés étrangères, 22 juin 1807.]Date de l'édition originale: 1807Le présent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la littérature Française mise en place avec la BNF.HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant numérisé ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant à la demande.Certains de ces ouvrages reflètent des courants de pensée caractéristiques de leur époque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jugés condamnables.Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins à l'histoire des idées en France et sont susceptibles de présenter un intérêt scientifique ou historique.Le sens de notre démarche éditoriale consiste ainsi à permettre l'accès à ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune façon le contenu.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr
Londres au dix-neuvieme siecle, ou l'Ecole du scandale, comedie en 5 actes, en prose, librement traduite et en partie imitee de Sheridan... par A.-H. Chateauneuf. [Theatre de Versailles, 10 aout 1824.] http: //gallica.bnf.fr/ark: /12148/bpt6k575832
WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to access old and often rare books from the BnF's heritage funds.
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