The Rivals, By Richard Brinsley Sheridan [Drama On 3]

The Rivals

By Richard Brinsley Sheridan

It's 1775 and the fashionable world descends on Bath, to take the waters and embroil themselves in a little romantic intrigue as three suitors fight for the hand of Miss Lydia Languish.

Mrs Malaprop - Patricia Routledge

Sir Anthony Absolute - Geoffrey Palmer

Jack Absolute - Michael Maloney

Lydia Languish - Sarah Crowe

Faulkland - David Bamber

Bob Acres - Peter Gunn

Julia - Lucy Whybrow

Sir Lucius O'Trigger - Sean Barrett

Lucy - Clare Corbett

Fag - Nick Fletcher

David - Stephen Critchlow

Thomas, the Coachman - Barrie Jaimeson

Adapted and directed by David Timson.

Music by Malcolm McKee.

1775 in the city of Bath, and three suitors fight for the hand of Miss Lydia Languish.