Betsy Sheridan's journal Letters from Sheridan's sister 1784-1786 and 1788-1790

Reference Number: PP/2511
Level of Description: Item
Title: Betsy Sheridan's journal Letters from Sheridan's sister 1784-1786 and 1788-1790
Creator(s) & Administrative History: LeFanu, William: Editor
Sheridan, Elizabeth (Betsy): Author
Oxford University Press: Publisher

Oxford

Walton Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP
Date: 1986
ISBN: 0-19-281874-0
Extent: Pages: 233
Description: The 1780s journal kept by Elizabeth (Betsy) Sheridan, the younger sister of the actor Richard Brinsley Sheridan, which she sent in the form of weekly letters to her elder sister Alicia in Dublin whilst staying in London, Tunbridge Wells and Bath. The letters/journal describe the social life and customs of the wealthy classes in late Georgian society and include observations and events relating to the married life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Elizabeth Linley.

Edition: First Oxford University Press edition
Subject: Actors
Georgian period
Leisure
Letters (documents)
Social participation
Theatre