TY - BOOK AU - Sheridan Richard Brinsley TI - The rivals SN - 9789385436390 U1 - 822.6 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New Delhi. PB - Bloomsbury N1 - Acknowledgements Introduction Summary Genre Structure Themes Characters: Women Characters: Men Date and historical context Recent stage History Note on the text Sources Author Further reading The rivals Preface Prologue Prologue-spoken on the tenth Night Dramatis personae The play Epilogue Appendix: Larpent Variations N2 - The Rivals is set in Bath in 1775, and features three lovers fighting for the hand of Lydia Languish. Lydia however has her heart set on eloping with someone unsuitable. Little does she guess that the impoverished Ensign currently courting her is welborn captain absolute in disguise ER -