Lefanu, Alicia (1753–1817)
Lefanu, Alicia (1753–1817)
English playwright. Name variations: Le Fanu. Born in 1753; died in 1817; daughter of Frances Sheridan (1724–1766, novelist and dramatist) and Thomas Sheridan (a well-known actor-manager); sister of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) and Elizabeth Lefanu (1758–1837); married Joseph Lefanu or Le Fanu (1814–1873, a novelist, journalist, and brother of Henry and Philip Lefanu, a divine), in 1776.
Alicia Lefanu wrote The Flowers: A Fairy Tale and the comedy Sons of Erin which was performed in London in 1812.
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