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The eighteenth century was marked by an exceptional contribution of Irish men and women to the theatre of the English-speaking world. The Irish distinguished themselves as writers, actors and managers. In the realm of comedy they are unsurpassed. Indeed the plays of Farquhar, Goldsmith and Richard Brinsley Sheridan have remained unchallenged in the repertory since their own day.1 It would seem therefore that Ireland was a fertile ground for those attracted by the diverse delights of the stage.
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Harold Lawton Bruce, Voltaire on the English Stage (University of California Publications in Modern Philology: 1918) p. 6.
The London Stage 1660-1800, part 5, ed. Charles Beecher Hogan (Carbondale, Illinois: 1968) p. 907.
Robert Hitchcock, An Historical view of the Irish stage; from the earliest period down to the close of the season 1788 (Dublin: 1788-1794) ii, pp. 60–3.
L.W. Conolly, The Censorship of English Drama 1737-1824 (San Marino, The Huntington Library: 1976) p. 179.
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Davies, S. (1999). Ireland and the French Theatre. In: Gargett, G., Sheridan, G. (eds) Ireland and the French Enlightenment, 1700–1800. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510159_10
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