Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish playwright born in 1751. He came from a family of talented writers and actors. Sheridan helped revive the English comedy of manners genre through plays like The Rivals and The School for Scandal, which use sparkling dialogue and farce to satirize society. While sometimes lacking depth, Sheridan's plays demonstrate his talent for crafting witty comedies through memorable characters. Some of his most popular works include The School for Scandal, The Duenna, and The Critic.

1. SHERIDAN AS A DRAMATIST
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2. INTRODUCTION OF SHERIDAN
 Richard Brinslay
Sheridan,was born in
Dublin on 30th October
1751.
 He belonged to a
highly talented family.
 His grandfather
,Thomas
Sheridan,being a
prominent Jacobite.

3. INTRODUCTION OF SHERIDAN
 Thomas sheridan also a distinguished actor ,
theatrical manager,and author.
 Sheridan was educated,but the success of
his comedy.
 He was manager of Drury Lane Theatre
which he twice had a chief part in rebuilding ;
though he had periods of marked prosperity
in his management .

4. PLAYS BY RICHARD SHERIDAN
 The Rivals (1775)
 The Duenna (1775)
 A Trip to Scarborough (1777)
 The School for Scandal (1777)
 The Camp (1778)
 The Critic (1779)
 The Glorious First of June (1794)

5. SHERIDAN AS A DRAMATIST
 Thomas Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish
playwright , librettist and poet.
 The following entry presents recent criticism
of Sheridan’s works.
 During his brief career as a playwright ,
Sheridan helped revive the English
Restorationcomedy of manners , which
depicts the amorous intrigues of wealthy
society.

6. SHERIDAN AS A DRAMATIST
 His best-known comedies , “The Rivals” and
“The School for Scandal” ,display Sheridan’s
talent for sparkling dialogue and farce.
 Like his Restoration predecessors William and
William Wycherley , Sheridan satirized society
,but unlike them , he softened his humor with
gentle morality and sentimentality.
 While his plays are frequently noted for a lack of
incisiveness and psychological depth , they are
considered by most commentators tobe the
work of an outstanding theatrical craftsman.

7. SHERIDAN AS A DRAMATIST
 In his comic drama The Rivals Sheridan
satirizes manners using humor that is
pointed but never cruel.
 Essentially an ironic play about character ,
The Rivals presents a number of absurd
individuals and then proceeds to ridicule their
flaws and idiosyncrasies.
 Among its range of characters , the play
introduces the infamous figure of Mrs.

8. SHERIDAN AS A DRAMATIST
 Sheridan’s libretto for the light opera The
Duenna features characters and incidents
drawn from Roman New Comedy and ends with
a double marriage happily realized despite the
opposition of Don Jerome-the play’s stodgy
father figur.
 Another of Sheridan’s minor works , the farcical
St.Ptrick’s Day ;or The Scheming Lieutenant
exists very much in the mode of The Rivals and
endeavors to amuse audiences with its affable ,
if preposterous , characters.

9. SHERIDAN AS A DRAMATIST
 Sheridan’s The Critic or Tragedy Rehearsed
provides a satirical look at the theatrical
world and is a burlesque of the vanity of
artistd and critics.
 His popular comedy :
1.The school for scandal
2.The Duenna
3.The Critic

10. 1.THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
 The school for scandal
is a popular comedy of
Sheridan.
 This play open in the
eighteenth century
word of fashion.
 In this corrupt society
lady Teazle has for a
own sake provided
herself with a lover
Joseph Surface.

11. 2.THE DUENNA
 The Duenna is a
perfect work of art.
 The plot , the
characters , the
dialogue complete in
themselves and they
are all his own and the
best songs are the
best that ever were
written and except
those in the Beggar’s
opera.

12. 3.THE CRITIC
 The critic is written on
more broad farcical
lines ,but within its
limitations it is a
delightful piece of
extravaganza and
displaying a gift of
burlesque of the
highest order.
 The critic exhibits
wants of fertility.

13. CONCLUSION
 Sheridan had a strikinhg success when he was
very young.
 His chief prose comedies are still remembered.
 His plots are from everyday life.
 His description are accurate and graphics.
 His characters are remarkable for their dramatic
qualities but they have no reality of the stage.
 Sheridan produced a most brilliant display of
firework.