The People - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Gender
Man
Start
30 Oct 1751 (b.)
End
07 Jul 1816 (d.)
Country of Birth
Ireland
Locality
Dublin

Bio
BD Vol. 13: 306-26

Works (14 Results)

Title Year Type Role
The Duenna; or, The Double Elopement 1775 Mainpiece Author
The Rivals 1775 Mainpiece Author
St Patrick's Day; or, The Scheming Lieutenant 1775 Afterpiece Author
The School for Scandal 1777 Mainpiece Author
A Trip to Scarborough 1777 Mainpiece Author
The Camp 1778 Afterpiece Author
The Wonders of Derbyshire; or, Harlequin in the Peak 1779 Afterpiece Author
A Monody on the Death of Garrick 1779 Afterpiece Author
Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday 1781 Afterpiece Author
The Critic 1781 Afterpiece Author
The Glorious First of June 1794 Afterpiece Author
Cape St Vincent; or, British Valour Triumphant 1797 Afterpiece Author
Pizarro 1799 Mainpiece Author
The Forty Thieves 1806 Afterpiece Author

Activities (1 Results)

Theatre Activity
Drury Lane Proprietor

Benefits (Author) (8 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
31 Jan 1775 Covent Garden The Rivals The Two Misers; or, The Mufti's Ghost, The Frolick Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
07 Feb 1775 Covent Garden The Rivals The Two Misers; or, The Mufti's Ghost, Rural Merriment Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
13 Feb 1775 Covent Garden The Rivals The Padlock, The Enchantress Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
23 Nov 1775 Covent Garden The Duenna; or, The Double Elopement St Patrick's Day; or, The Scheming Lieutenant, Spanish Dance Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
28 Nov 1775 Covent Garden The Duenna; or, The Double Elopement The Author, Spanish Dance Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
02 Dec 1775 Covent Garden The Duenna; or, The Double Elopement The Romance of an Hour, Spanish Dance Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown
22 Apr 1778 Drury Lane The School for Scandal The Quaker, The Savage Hunters £259 9s Unknown £259 9s £73 Unknown
05 Feb 1781 Drury Lane The School for Scandal Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday £270 3s Unknown £270 3s £84 Unknown

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (1 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
05 Oct 1780 Drury Lane As You Like It The Critic, The Butterfly £236 3s 6d Unknown £236 3s 6d £73 Unknown

Money paid (to theatre) (8 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Notes
20 Feb 1778 Drury Lane £300 Mr Sheridan The Sum advanced to him on January the 1st
13 May 1780 Drury Lane £51 18s Mr Waterer by Mr Sheridans Note 50 - . - by Land Tax Recepts. 5. 12 - by Cash 51. 18 - Two Years & a half Rent to Xmas last 107. 10 -
29 Jun 1789 Covent Garden £80 Reced of Mr Sheridan on acct
13 Jul 1789 Covent Garden £200 Reced of Mr Sheridan
06 Sep 1798 Drury Lane £200 Mr Sheridan Do. [Advanced] what was Recd from Messrs Coutts
19 Sep 1799 Drury Lane £1,000 Mr Fosbrook Advanced on Mr Sheridan'sSecurities two Acceptances of £500 each
02 Dec 1801 Drury Lane £2,675 Borrow'd of Mr Cocker to Pay old Renters Stock which produced £2675 to be replaced by Mr Sheridan and Mr Richardson as per agreement with Mr Cocker
30 May 1807 Drury Lane £89 5s Deducted by the Trustees for seventeen days for an Order of the Court of Chancery of Sequestration of Mr. Sheridan's Theatrical Allowance [Recorded with expenses. See MSS scan]

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Money received (from theatre) (4 Results)

Date Theatre Amount Entry Notes
13 Nov 1779 Drury Lane £100 Mr. Sheridan R: B: on Account
08 Dec 1779 Drury Lane £200 Mr. R. B. Sheridan to pay Mr. Kings Draft
12 Jun 1802 Drury Lane £50 R B Sheridan Esq
15 Jun 1802 Drury Lane £5 R B. Sheridan Esqr. to make up Mr. Scott's Money "Mr. Scott" is here identified as Stephen Scott, the house servant recorded on BD vol. 13, p. 239. Another candidate is Mr. Scott the laceman, but he had last been paid on 8 March 1796 and was never paid thereafter; while it is possible that he had £5 owed to him between 1796 and 1802, or a larger amount that Sheridan had mostly settled separately (hence "to make up"), it seems less likely than the Stephen Scott identification.

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