For 10 points, name this Irish playwright, who wrote School for Scandal and The Rivals.
In one of this author's works a prompter informs a playwright that he might find his play short because the actors have cut sections they found ‘‘heavy or unnecessary to the plot.'' He wrote about Tom Fashion's triumph over his miserly brother Lord Foppington in A Trip to Scarborough, and in another work Sir Fretful Plagiary accosts Mr. Dangle before he attends a rehearsal Mr. Puff's new play [?] The Spanish Armada. In one of his plays Crabtree and Sir Benjamin Backbite make up a false story about a nonexistent duel between Peter Teazle and Joseph before Lady Sneerwell complains that her plans to ruin the marriage Maria and Charles Surface have failed. In addition to The Critic, in his best known play Bob Acres and Lucius O'Trigger both court a woman, who is infatuated with "Ensign Beverley", who is actually Jack Absolute is disguise in his play featuring Mrs. Malaprop. For 10 points, name this Irish playwright, who wrote School for Scandal and The Rivals.
In one of this author's works a prompter informs a playwright that he might find his play short because the actors have cut sections they found ‘‘heavy or unnecessary to the plot.''
Richard Brinsley {Sheridan}