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St Patrick's Day, or, The Scheming Lieutenant is an 18th-century play by Irish playwright and poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), first performed on 2 May 1775 at Covent Garden. It is said to have completed by the author within two days. Title: St. Patrick’s Day Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan Release Date: October, 2004 [EBook #6707] Last updated: November 14, 2019 Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ST. PATRICK’S DAY *** Produced by Delphine Lettau, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "St. Patrick's Day; Or, The Scheming Lieutenant: A Farce in One Act" by Sheridan is a comedic play written in the late 18th century. It falls under the category of farce, a genre characterized by exaggerated and improbable situations designed to provoke laughter. Nay hang it your honour, soldiers should never bear malice, we must drink St. Patrick's and your honour's health. All Oh damn malice. St Patrick's and his honour by all means. Cor. Come away then lads, and first we'll parade round the Market Cross, for the honour of King George. St. PATRICK'S DAY; OR, THE SCHEMING LIEUTENANT Scene 5 St. Patrick's day [or, The scheming lieutenant. A comic piece, in two acts] by Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. Publication date 1883 Publisher London J. Dicks Author: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Author dates: 1751-1816 Title: St. Patrick’s Day. First played: 1775 First published: 1788, for the Booksellers. 27 p. C18th availability: Available from ECCO (1788) Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. Collection English Item Size 80.8K . Book from Project Gutenberg: St. Patrick's day, or, the scheming lieutenant : a farce St. Patrick's day: or, the scheming lieutenant. A farce, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. By Richard Brinsley Sheridan. 1800..Digitized from _Just._ O the villains; this is St. Patrick's day, and the rascals have been parading my house all the morning. I know they have a design upon me; but I have taken all precautions: I have magazines of arms, and if this fellow does but prove faithful, I shall be more at ease. Rosy. Doubtless he'll be a comfort to you. _Re-enter_ SERVANT. Ser St. Patrick's Day, Or, the Scheming Lieutenant : a Farce in One Act - read free eBook by Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 in online reader directly on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. He was also a Whig politician, entering parliament in 1780. A great public speaker, he remained in parliament until 1812, and was a leading figure in the party. Amongst his other works are St. Patrick's Day; or, The Scheming Lieutenant (1775), The Duenna (1775), Scarborough and the Critic (1777) and School for Scandal (1777). Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan / Year: 1751-1860 / Genre: St. Patric's Day Richard Brinsley Sheridan was an Irish playwright who also served as a Whig member of the British House of Commons for over 30 years. Sheridan’s most famous plays are The Rivals and The School for Scandal. This edition of St. Patrick’s Day includes a table of contents. Aside from its lighthearted action, St. Patrick’s Day is notable for its Irish sentiments and its sympathy for the lot of poor soldiers (in Sheridan’s time, often Irishmen). A Trip to Scarborough In his adaptation, Sheridan trimmed the plot and cleaned up the sexual innuendo of the original. Last year I first read Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandals after it was mentioned in Ouida's Puck. I decided on putting his play, "St. Patrick's Day or, The Scheming Lieutenant Farce" on my 2019 read list for St. Patrick's Day which I had seen in the index of my Delphi Collection of his works. Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan / Year: / Genre: By Irish playwright, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Originally staged at Covent Garden Theater in 1775 on St. Patrick's Day, in celebration of Ireland's patron saint on the 17th day of March. The Project Gutenberg eBook of St. Patrick's Day; Or, The Scheming Lieutenant: Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Release date: October 1, 2004 [eBook #6707] St. Patrick's day, or, the scheming lieutenant : a farce in one act - Kindle edition by Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading St. Patrick's day, or, the scheming lieutenant : a farce in one act. Read St. Patrick's Day; Or, The Scheming Lieutenant by Richard Brinsley Sheridan with a free trial. Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was a man with many roles. Analysis of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s Plays. By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on May 20, 2019 • ( 0). Richard Brinsley Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) was the best playwright of eighteenth century England, a time of great actors rather than great playwrights.
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