The Rivals
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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- Publisher: Dover Publications
- Release date: June 19, 1998
- Genres: plays, drama, classics, fiction, humor, theatre, comedy, historical
- Format: paperback, 80 pages
- Language: english
- ISBN: 9780486404332 (0486404331)
- Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
About The Book
During a brief but brilliant literary career, Irish-born dramatist and statesman Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 — 1816) wrote cleverly plotted plays that revealed his nimble wit and keen eye for comic situations. Two of them — The School for Scandal and The Rivals — are among the funniest in the English language.
The Rivals, brimming with false identities and with romantic entanglements carried on amid a cloud of parental disapproval, satirizes the pretentiousness and sentimentality of the age. It features a cast of memorable characters, among them the lovely Lydia Languish, whose pretty head has been filled with nonsense from romantic novels; Capt. Jack Absolute, a young officer in love with Lydia; Sir Anthony Absolute, Jack’s autocratic father; Sir Lucius O’Trigger, a fiery Irishman; and Jack’s provincial neighbor, Bob Acres, a bumptious but lovable country squire in love with Lydia.
Hoping to win Lydia’s affection, Captain Jack woos the pretty miss by pretending to be a penniless ensign named Beverley, an act that nearly incites a duel with Acres. His actions also provoke serious objections from Lydia’s aunt, Mrs. Malaprop, a misspeaking matron whose ludicrous misuse of words gave the English language a new term: malapropism. Ultimately, the hilarious complications are resolved in a radiant comic masterpiece that will entertain and delight theater devotees and students of English drama alike.
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