Richard Brinsley Sheridan letters to Hester Jane Ogle Sheridan
Contributors: Sheridan, Hester Jane Ogle, recipient
Published: 1797
Language: eng
Subjects: English Dramatists; Legislators; Statesmen's spouses; Correspondence; Theatrical managers
Description: Includes eight autograph manuscript letters from Richard Sheridan to Hester Sheridan. Some letters include typescript transcripts; the origin of the transcripts is not known.
Notes: Richard Brinsley Sheridan Letters to Hester Jane Ogle Sheridan, circa 1797-1804 (MS Thr 526). Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was born in Dublin, Ireland and raised in London. He became the manager and part-owner of the Drury Lane Theatre in 1776. He wrote several plays, including the comedies The Rivals (1775) and The School for Scandal (1780). He also served as a Minister of Parliament from 1780 to 1812. Sheridan's second wife was Hester Jane Ogle (born ca. 1775 - died 1817) whom he called "Hecca," the daughter of the dean of Winchester. They married on 1795 April 27.

Materials are in English.

Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01961