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Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Author Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 2h 51m
Beware the gossips! Lady Sneerwell and her hireling Snake are certainly up to no good in this timeless send-up of hypocritical manners. Thanks to their scandal-mongering, the comely Lady Teazle must fend off the slanderous barbs that have caught the ear of her elderly husband - as well as every other gossip in London! What follows is a torrent of m...
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Author Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Narrator Edith Evans
Duration 2h
A comedy of manners in five acts, The Rivals was Sheridan's second commercially produced play. The play is set in Bath in the 18th century, a town 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 th...
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Author Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Narrator Edith Evans, Harry Andrews, Cecil Parker
Duration 2h 5m
Sheridan's most famous play, this has been called 'the best existing English comedy of intrigue'. A favourite with audiences and critics alike since its premiere in 1777, this play is a classic English comedy of manners. Full of satirical wit, it subverts the Georgian social customs of its day with subtlety and charm.
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