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Author : Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1823
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019558790
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1499710410
The Rivals - A Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Complete Edition. The Rivals is a comedy of manners play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan in five acts. It was first performed at Covent Garden Theatre on 17 January 1775. 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. This was proper for the wife of a "gentleman", but it was difficult because Eliza had earned a substantial income as a performer. Instead, the Sheridans lived beyond their means as they entertained the gentry and nobility with Eliza's singing (in private parties) and Richard's wit. Finally, in need of funds, Richard 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 numerous 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. The play is set in Bath in the 18th century, a town that was legendary for conspicuous consumption and fashion at the time. Wealthy, fashionable people went there to "take the waters", which were believed to have healing properties. Bath was much less exclusive than London, and hence it provides an ideal setting for the characters. The plot centres on the two young lovers, Lydia and Jack. Lydia, who reads a lot of popular novels of the time, wants a purely romantic love affair. To court her, Jack pretends to be "Ensign Beverley", a poor officer. Lydia is enthralled with the idea of eloping with a poor soldier in spite of the objections of her guardian, Mrs. Malaprop, a moralistic widow. Mrs. Malaprop is the chief comic figure of the play, thanks to her continual misuse of words that sound like the words she intends to use, but mean something completely different. (The term malapropism was coined in reference to the character.)Elsie Leslie as Lydia Languish in The Rivals, 1899. Photograph by Zaida Ben-Yusuf. Lydia has two other suitors: Bob Acres (a somewhat buffoonish country gentleman), and Sir Lucius O'Trigger, an impoverished and combative Irish gentleman. Sir Lucius pays Lucy to carry love notes between him and Lydia (who uses the name "Delia"), but Lucy is swindling him: "Delia" is actually Mrs. Malaprop. As the play opens, Sir Anthony arrives suddenly in Bath. He has arranged a marriage for Jack, but Jack demurs, saying he is in love already. They quarrel violently. But Jack soon learns through the gossip of Lucy and Fag that the marriage arranged by Sir Anthony is, in fact, with Lydia. He makes a great show of submission to his father, and is presented to Lydia with Mrs. Malaprop's blessing. Jack confides to Lydia that he is only posing as Sir Anthony's son. She annoys Mrs. Malaprop by loudly professing her eternal devotion to "Beverley" while rejecting "Jack Absolute".
Author : Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1802
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590905979
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : English drama
ISBN : HARVARD:HN88ZK
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89052341096
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1830
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10930034
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000134344
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 19??
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0573013829
Excerpt: ...Mrs. MALAPROP That's you, sir. ABSOLUTE Reads. Has universally the character of being an accomplished gentleman and a man of honour.-Well, that's handsome enough. Mrs. MALAPROP Oh, the fellow has some design in writing so. ABSOLUTE That he had, I'll answer for him, ma'am. Mrs. MALAPROP But go on, sir-you'll see presently. ABSOLUTE Reads. As for the old weather-beaten she-dragon who guards you-Who can he mean by that? Mrs. MALAPROP Me, sir -me -he means me -There-what do you think now?-but go on a little further. ABSOLUTE Impudent scoundrel -Reads. it shall go hard but I will elude her vigilance, as I am told that the same ridiculous vanity, which makes her dress up her coarse features, and deck her dull chat with hard words which she don't understand-- Mrs. MALAPROP There, sir, an attack upon my language what do you think of that?-an aspersion upon my parts of speech was ever such a brute Sure, if I reprehend any thing in this world, it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs ABSOLUTE He deserves to be hanged and quartered let me see-Reads. same ridiculous vanity-- Mrs. MALAPROP You need not read it again, sir. ABSOLUTE I beg pardon, ma'am.-Reads. does also lay her open to the grossest deceptions from flattery and pretended admiration-an impudent coxcomb -so that I have a scheme to see you shortly with the old harridan's consent, and even to make her a go-between in our interview.-Was ever such assurance Mrs. MALAPROP Did you ever hear anything like it?-he'll elude my vigilance, will he-yes, yes ha ha he's very likely to enter these doors;-we'll try who can plot best ABSOLUTE So we will, ma'am-so we will Ha ha ha a conceited puppy, ha ha ha -Well, but Mrs. Malaprop, as the girl seems so infatuated by this fellow, suppose you were to wink at her corresponding with him for a little time-let her even plot an elopement with him-then do you connive at her...
Author : Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Electronic
ISBN : EHC:148100213405T
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Bookbinding
ISBN : WISC:89001093970
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Readers
ISBN : UOM:39015001524597
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Irish drama
ISBN : UOM:39015004758804
Author : David Harvey,John Wilkins
Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781910589595
The work of the 'other' comic poets of classical Athens, those who competed with, and in some cases defeated, their (eventually) better-known fellow comedian, Aristophanes, has almost eluded the historical record. The poetry of Cratinus, Phrynichos, Eupolis and the rest has survived only in tantalising, often tiny, fragments and citations. Modern studies in this field have themselves often been difficult of access. Here an exceptional cast of scholars, including most of the leading international authorities, provides a set of 28 interpretative essays to cover every one of these 'other' poets of Athenian Old Comedy for whom significant evidence survives. The work includes a comprehensive bibliography, and is a landmark in the study of Old Comedy.
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1844
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:43295527
Author : Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3337102425
The rivals: A comedy - As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1775. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.