The Rivals Summary
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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The Rivals Summary

The Rivals, a comedy in five acts, established Richard Brinsley Sheridan's reputation in the London theatre in 1775. When the first performance was not well received, Sheridan cut it by an hour, strengthened the idiosyncratic characters, and produced the new version in a highly successful second performance that proved his merit as a great comic playwright. The Rivals is one of a small handful of eighteenth-century plays that continues to be produced to this...

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The Rivals

6,553 words, approx. 22 pages

The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1751, Richard Brinsley Sheridan was the second son of Thomas Sheridan, an actor and theater manager, and of Frances Chamberlaine ... Read more

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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The British playwright and orator Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) wrote two comic masterpieces for the stage, The Rivals and The School for Scandal. In his own time, Sheridan was equally celebra... Read more

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan wrote and produced three plays that have been performed more frequently than the works of any other playwright between Shakespeare and Shaw. The Rivals, The School for Scanda... Read more

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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Biography EssayRichard Brinsley Sheridan wrote and produced three plays that have been performed more frequently than the works of any other playwright between William Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw. T... Read more