Ann Elizabeth "Betsy" Sheridan Le Fanu (1758–1837) was an
Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...
diarist and novelist.
She was a daughter of Irish
stage actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...
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 the sister of
satirist
This is an incomplete list of writers, cartoonists and others known for involvement in satire – humorous social criticism. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires.
Under Contemporary, 1930-1960 ...
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 Sc ...
and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...
Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu
Alicia Sheridan Le Fanu (1753–1817) was an Irish writer. She was the daughter of actor Thomas Sheridan and his wife, writer Frances Chamberlaine Sheridan. She was the sister of Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Betsy Sheridan
Ann Elizabet ...
.
She married Captain Henry Le Fanu in 1791, and their daughter
Alicia Le Fanu was also a writer.
Works
* pseudonym:"the Authoress Of Emeline"
* – journal entries compiled and edited by relative
William LeFanu
William Richard LeFanu FSA (9 July 1904 – 1 April 1995) was an Irish librarian. He was the husband of composer Elizabeth Maconchy.
Life
LeFanu was born in Ireland, the son of Thomas Philip Le Fanu and his wife Florence Sophia Mabel (nà ...
*
References
External sites
Corvey Women Writers on the Web author page
Irish diarists
Le Fanu family
1758 births
1837 deaths
18th-century Irish women writers
19th-century Irish women writers
Date of birth unknown
Place of birth unknown
Date of death unknown
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