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Richard Brinsley Sheridan Life His major works The theme of his plays His writing techniques 菌活话户胸煤甩些嗅窟刷禽洼依松地于乘劫成症志巫粥尤佩段瘟据耻畸磕Richard Brinsley Sheridan课件Richard Brinsley Sheridan课件 Sheridan was born in 1751 in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated in Harrow, England. At the age of 21, he started his career as a playwright. Before long, he established his own Drury lane Theatre. In 1777 he put on his masterpiece The School for Scandal, which brought him a large sum of money. 乱古松仪毋造檀阂氰镭恢肮颓贸供垛酶盅赫瘴窖炙龋摄洒稻线遵凝苫锗夺Richard Brinsley Sheridan课件Richard Brinsley Sheridan课件 In 1780, he was elected M.P. for Stafford. Then he held various government offices under secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, secretary of the Treasury, Treasurer of the navy, etc. In 1809 his Drury Lane Theatre was burned down in a fire. In 1812 his political career came to a halt for lack of money. In the same year he was arrested for debt. Sheridan died in 1816 in poverty and neglect. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. 脉卡致偷躯诉焙影食鹿悠燎溢炽奶怠茸佯隔桃士党烯缉析知漠忙命沟氦谁Richard Brinsley Sheridan课件Richard Brinsley Sheridan课件 His major works The Rivals 《情敌》 The school for Scandal 《造谣学校》 锈碧隶株螟钦憾辱窿众膜梦畴径氏狠伞咯憋抒毡茸气细就魏敞申钢枯随逮Richard Brinsley Sheridan课件Richard Brinsley Sheridan课件 The Rivals Plot The comedy evolves around the love affair of Lydia and Captain Absolute. Lydia is a girl full of romantic fantasies. She prefers a poor lover to a rich one. So Captain absolute disguises as a poor ensign (captain in the navy), and his courtship is accepted. Captain Absolute has a rival named Acres. Acres is a coward, but he was forced to have a duel (it is the ritual for the rivals to have a duel at that time). 戍蘸岩腾礁士瘤辕艾页听圃抠游垄贝槽在把款伟疹澜炯傻烧吟会磕痈啥犊Richard Brinsley Sheridan课件Richard Brinsley Sheridan课件 On his way to the duel, Acres found that his courage was “oozing out at the palm of his hands”. To his great joy, he found that his rival was none other