LIFE OF RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN BY LLOYD C. SANDERS. LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, 24 WARWICK LANE. AND' MELBOURNE. [All rights reserved.] (RECAP) CONTENTS. Ancestors of Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan; his birth in Dublin, October 30, 1751 ; parents; removal to Henrietta Street, Covent Garden; goes to Harrow, 1762-8; life at Frith Street, Soho; removal to Bath, 1770; first literary efforts; social life at Bath; "Clio's Protest" and "A Panegyric to the Ridotto ; the Linley family; Miss The Sheridans settle in Orchard Street, Portman Square, 1774; their entrance into society; Sheridan chooses literature as a profession; his preference for the drama; "The Rivals" fails on its first production, January, 1775; its failure largely due to the then prevalent taste for sentimental comedy; the charges of plagiarism made against Sheridan |