Mrs Malaprop is a character in which Sheridan comedy?
Malapropism the type that attract the most attention and commentary, but bland malapropisms are common in speech and writing. The word "malapropism" (and its earlier variant "malaprop") comes from a character named "Mrs. Malaprop" in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play "The Rivals". Mrs. Malaprop frequently misspeaks (to comic effect) by using words which don't have the meaning that she intends but which sound similar to words that do. Sheridan presumably chose her name in humorous reference to the word "malapropos," an adjective or adverb meaning "inappropriate" or "inappropriately", derived from the French phrase "mal à propos" (literally "poorly placed"). According to
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (painting) Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh bought the artwork on 26 April 1937 and it was then donated to the National Gallery of Art. Citations Bibliography Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (painting) Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1787) is an oil on canvas portrait painted by Thomas Gainsborough between 1785 and 1787. It was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in 1937. Mrs. Sheridan (Elizabeth Ann Linley) was a talented musician who enjoyed professional success in Bath and London before marrying Richard Brinsley Sheridan in 1773 and abandoning her career. She was 31 when she sat for Gainsborough, dying from tuberculosis