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Richard Sheridan
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Restoration Drama
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As well as discussing familiar authors such as William Wycherley, Aphra Behn and William Congreve,...
The Smith of Smiths: Being the Life, Wit and Humour of Sydney Smith
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Queen Victoria was amused! It may seem unlikely but the preface to this famous biography is given...
Merely for Money'?: Business Culture in the British Atlantic, 1750-1815
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In 1780 Richard Sheridan noted that merchants worked 'merely for money'. However, rather than being...
British Nautical Melodramas, 1820-1850
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During the 1820s and 30s nautical melodramas "reigned supreme" on London stages, entertaining the...