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Sheridan and the Drury Lane Theatre, 1801–1809

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

Cecil Price
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The opening decade of the nineteenth century was the least happy in Sheridan's career. He broke away from his old colleagues in Parliament at one period and was separated from his wife for a time. Yet while certain compensations were offered to him in his political and personal life, his association with Drury Lane Theatre was marked by particular ill-fortune. The truth is that at this time his negligence and procrastination over many years brought his playhouse to the edge of ruin.

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Research Article
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Theatre Survey , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , May 1976 , pp. 12 - 27
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Copyright © American Society for Theatre Research 1976

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