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The 18th Century Drama and Sheridan  Richard Brinsley Sheridan (理查德·布林斯利·谢利丹 1751—1816) Life His father was an actor and his mother a novelist. The young man tried his hand at literature and wrote some minor works in collaboration with a friend. In 1772 Sheridan fell in love and eloped with Elizabeth Ann Linley, a beautiful singer, after fighting two duels with his rival. After marriage, the Sheridans lived happily in a country cottage. In 1775, Sheridans first comedy The Rivals was produced and The School for Scandal (1777) is his masterpiece. In 1776 he became the manager of Drury