The Rivals was Sheridan's first play. At the time, he was a young newlywed living in Bath. At Sheridan's insistence, upon marriage his wife Eliza (born Elizabeth Linley) had given up her career as a singer. ... Google Books
Author: Richard B. Sheridan
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The Rivals. By Richard Brinsley Sheridan. $4.00. Publication Date: 19th June 1998.
Oct 4, 2024 · The Rivals, comedy in five acts by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, produced and published in 1775. The Rivals concerns the romantic difficulties of Lydia Languish.
The Rivals is a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts which was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775.
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Book details · Print length. 80 pages · Language. English · Publisher. Dover Publications · Publication date. June 19, 1998 · Reading age. 14 years and up.
Sir Anthony has proposed marrying Lydia and Absolute, and they discuss how to convince the young people to accept the match.
Mar 6, 2008 · The story revolves around the complex romantic entanglements and misunderstandings of several characters, prominently featuring Lydia Languish, ...
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The Rivals, brimming with false identities and with romantic entanglements carried on amid a cloud of parental disapproval, satirizes the pretentiousness and ...
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Lydia Languish, a young woman from a good family, holds to an impossible romantic ideal of love, and resolves only to marry a pauper. So Jack Absolute pretends ...
“The Rivals” is a Comedy of Manners by Irish-born dramatist and statesman Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The five-act play first premiered in 1775, ...
Jan 22, 2023 · Central to the plot of The Rivals is the marital prospects of Lydia Languish, a seventeen-year-old heiress. She needs to marry somebody who is ...