Digital Commons @ Otterbein

Title

The Rivals

Files

Streaming Media

Playwright

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Performance Dates

June 13, 1931

Artistic Staff

Business Manager...........................Paul T. Hughes

Publicity Manager............................Glenn Duckwall

Stage Manager................................Francis Bundy

Property Managers..........................Carl Starkey and Ethel Shelley

Electrician........................................Robert Myers

Synopsis

Set in fashionable Bath, The Rivals centers around the complicated relationship between Lydia Languish and Captain Jack Absolute. The Rivals satirizes the social expectations of courtship and marriage among the upper classes, while also exploring themes of honor and the role of women in the eighteenth century.

https://stageagent.com/shows/play/8526/the-rivals

Disciplines

Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History

Keywords

Otterbein Theatre, Performing Arts, College Theater

Recommended Citation

Otterbein University, "The Rivals" (1931). 1907-1958 Productions. 52.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1907-1958/52