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    The Rivals
    The Rivals
    The Rivals
    Audiobook2 hours

    The Rivals

    Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

    Narrated by Lloyd Owen, Lucy Davis and Full Cast

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    Romantic havoc ensues in the town of Bath when Sir Anthony arrives to arrange the marriage of his son Captain Jack Absolute to the wealthy Lydia Languish. Jack and Lydia are already in love, but because of Lydia’s obsession with romantic novels, Jack has disguised himself as a poor officer named Ensign Beverly – and he is only one of Lydia’s many suitors. The Rivals was Sheridan’s first play, and this charming comedy of manners continues to be widely performed today.

    Includes an interview with Linda Kelly, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: A Life.

    An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:
    Rosalind Ayres as Mrs. Malaprop
    Kenneth Danziger as Thomas
    Lucy Davis as Lydia Languish
    Neil Dickson as David
    Sarah Drew as Julia
    Julian Holloway as Sir Lucius O’Trigger
    Chris Neame as Sir Anthony Absolute
    Lloyd Owen as Captain Jack Absolute
    Moira Quirk as Lucy
    Matthew Wolf as Faulkland

    Directed by Martin Jarvis. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood in 2010.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL.A. Theatre Works
    Release dateAug 15, 2011
    ISBN9781580818414
    Author

    Richard Brinsley Sheridan

    In need of funds, Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) turned to the only craft that could gain him the remuneration he desired in a short time: he began writing a play. He had over the years written and published essays and poems, and among his papers were humorous unfinished plays, essays and political tracts, but never had he undertaken such an ambitious project as this. In a short time, however, he completed The Rivals. He was 23 years old.

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    • 5/5
      I listened to this full audiobook via the L.A. Theatre Works website. I so do enjoy this play, especially Mrs. Malaprop! A wonderful way to spend a grey morning :)
    • 4/5
      This comedy was first produced in 1775 and much of its humour still comes across well, with confusions of identities, romantic misunderstandings and, most famously, the wonderful comic creation of Mrs Malaprop, with her confusions of similar sounding words which have given birth to a term in modern English, such as "an allegory (alligator) on the banks of the Nile" or "the very pine-apple (pinnacle) of politeness". I enjoyed this rather more than School for Scandal.
    • 4/5
      This was witty and amusing with very strongly drawn characters - much better than I was expecting, and a good readthrough.
    • 5/5
      Saw "The Rivals" in 5th grade with my best friend Matt and his parents at the tiny Park Square Theater in downtown Saint Paul, and loved it. I bought this copy at the Killarney Bookshop on my honeymoon. (Yes, I got to go book-shopping on my honeymoon: what a lucky man!)