by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
directed by TOM LITTLER
starring ROBERT BATHURST and PATRICIA HODGE
Stream On Demand from Home
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You thought! Thought does not become a young woman.
Bath in the Roaring Twenties: risqué revelry, romance, and rivalry in the Assembly Rooms – a town torn between tradition and the new age.
Lydia and Jack (Zoe Brough and Kit Young) are made for each other – but Lydia’s a rebel and Jack’s too posh to be her beau. What’s a chap to do? A little harmless deception, of course.
Meanwhile, Jack’s father, Anthony Absolute (Robert Bathurst), is absolutely determined to be obeyed, and Lydia’s guardian Mrs Malaprop (Patricia Hodge) is seeking a love-affair of her own – if only she could find the right words…
Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s sparkling satire of love and language has lost none of its bite and brilliance. OT Artistic Director Tom Littler gives this 250th anniversary revival a jazzy new production: a sumptuous treat to chase away the winter cold. Patricia Hodge, one of our leading stage actors and widely known from Miranda and Rumpole of the Bailey, stars in the iconic role of Mrs Malaprop. Alongside her as the irascible Anthony Absolute is Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet, Joking Apart). Zoe Brough returns to the OT following her role as Nell Gwyn in Playhouse Creatures to play Lydia Languish, opposite Kit Young (Shadow and Bone, Out of Darkness) as Jack Absolute.
Together they lead a superb ensemble cast combining OT favourites and new faces.
The Rivals is generously supported by Derek Robinson.
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"Tom Littler's fresh-as-a-daisy new production of Sheridan's comedy.."
Daily Mail
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"Purring with pleasure."
The Times
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"Robert Bathurst is masterly."
The Reviews Hub
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"Patricia Hodge was born to play Mrs Malaprop."
Broadway World
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"A pineapple of perfection."
View From The Gods
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"Filled with glorious silliness.”
Theatre and Tonic
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"Zoe Brough, coolly oozing star-quality.”
The Telegraph
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"Kit Young's Jack is charming!"
The Stage
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"An excellent pick-me-up for the post-Christmas slump."
Time Out
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PlaysToSee
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Theatre Weekly
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Plays International
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Arts Desk
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Morning Star
A look on stage
Cast
Robert Bathurst
Anthony Absolute
Patricia Hodge
Mrs Malaprop
Pete Ashmore
Frederick Arnold Gieves
Joëlle Brabban
Lucy
Zoe Brough
Lydia Languish
Dylan Corbett-Bader
Bob Acres
Jim Findley
Thomas
Colm Gormley
Lucius O’Trigger
Robert Maskell
David
Boadicea Ricketts
Julia Melville
James Sheldon
‘Faulty’ Faulkland
Kit Young
Jack Absolute
Creative Team
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Writer
Tom Littler
Director
Anett Black and Neil Irish
Set and Costume Designers
William Reynolds
Lighting Designer
Tom Attwood
Sound Designer & Composer
Leah Harris
Movement Director
Nick Trumble
Voice & Dialect Coach
Freya Griffiths
Assistant Director
Emma Kylmälä
Costume Supervisor
Chris Smyth
Wigs and Hair Supervisor
Ginny Schiller CDG
Casting Consultant
Rosie Tricks
Associate Script Editor
Lisa Cochrane
Deputy Stage Manager
Charlotte Barker-Smith
Assistant Stage Manager
Esmé Dann
Wardrobe Assistant / Dresser
Asher Musgrave-Wood
Stage Management Intern
Irene Saviozzi and Thomas Manly
Props Support