Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu (1753–1817) was an Irish writer. She was the daughter of actor

Thomas Sheridan Thomas Sheridan may refer to: *Thomas Sheridan (divine) (1687–1738), Anglican divine *Thomas Sheridan (actor) (1719–1788), Irish actor and teacher of elocution *Thomas Sheridan (soldier) (1775–1817/18) *Thomas B. Sheridan (born 1931), America ...

and his wife, writer Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan. She was the sister of

Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 July 1816) was an Irish satirist, a politician, a playwright, poet, and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. He is known for his plays such as '' The Rivals'', '' The ...

and

Betsy Sheridan Ann Elizabeth "Betsy" Sheridan Le Fanu (1758–1837) was an Anglo-Irish diarist and novelist. She was a daughter of Irish stage actor Thomas Sheridan and the sister of satirist Richard Brinsley Sheridan and playwright Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu. S ...

and the aunt of writer Alicia LeFanu (with whom she is sometimes confused).British Women Playwrights
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Select bibliography

* ''The Sons of Erin; Or, Modern Sentiment''

References

1753 births 1817 deaths 18th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 18th-century Irish women writers 19th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Irish women writers Irish women dramatists and playwrights Alicia Sheridan Writers from Dublin (city) {{playwright-stub