The Rivals: A Comedy
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About This Book
The rivals By Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1893) edition illustrated
Chapters (19)
- ACT I
- Scene I.—A street. [Enter THOMAS; he crosses the stage; FAG follows, looking after him.]
- Scene II.—A Dressing-room in Mrs. MALAPROP's Lodgings. [LYDIA sitting on a sofa, with a book in her hand. Lucy, as just returned from a message.]
- ACT II
- Scene I.—CAPTAIN ABSOLUTE's Lodgings. [CAPTAIN ABSOLUTE and FAG.]
- Scene II.—The North Parade. [Enter LUCY.]
- ACT III
- Scene I—The North Parade. [Enter CAPTAIN ABSOLUTE.]
- Scene II—JULIA's Dressing-room. [FAULKLAND discovered alone.]
- Scene III—Mrs. MALAPROP's Lodgings. [Mrs. MALAPROP, with a letter in her hand, and CAPTAIN ABSOLUTE.]
- Scene IV—ACRES' Lodgings. [ACRES, as just dressed, and DAVID.]
- ACT IV
- Scene I—ACRES' Lodgings. [ACRES and DAVID.]
- Scene II—Mrs. MALAPROP's Lodgings. [Mrs. MALAPROP and LYDIA.]
- Scene III—The North Parade. [Enter Sir LUCIUS O'TRIGGER.]
- ACT V
- Scene I—JULIA's Dressing-Room. [JULIA discovered alone.]
- Scene II—The South Parade. [Enter CAPTAIN ABSOLUTE, putting his sword under his great coat.]
- Scene III—King's-Mead-Fields. [Enter Sir LUCIUS O'TRIGGER and ACRES, with pistols.]
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