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Born 1739 • Dublin? • Ireland
Died February 3, 1777 (aged 38) • London • England
Notable Works “False Delicacy”
Farquhar, engraving by R. Clamp for Burney's Theatrical Portraits
George Farquhar
Irish dramatist
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist and critic
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish author
William Butler Yeats, c. 1915.
William Butler Yeats
Irish author and poet
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Anglo-Irish playwright
Oliver Goldsmith, oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Oliver Goldsmith
Anglo-Irish author
Sean O’Casey
Irish dramatist
Friel, Brian
Brian Friel
Irish playwright
Behan
Brendan Behan
Irish author
J.M. Synge
J.M. Synge
Irish author
Dion Boucicault
Irish playwright
Micheál MacLiammóir
actor, scenic designer, and playwright
Augusta, Lady Gregory, 1911.
Augusta, Lady Gregory
Irish writer
Molly Keane
Irish author
Southerne, stipple engraving after a portrait by J. Worsdale
Thomas Southerne
Irish writer
James Plunkett
Irish writer
Henry Brooke, engraving by C. Pye after a drawing by J. Thurston from a portrait by the subject's nephew Henry Brooke
Henry Brooke
Irish author
Macklin, detail from an engraving by John Condé, 1792
Charles Macklin
Irish actor and playwright
Louis MacNeice
British poet