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Set in Bath in 1775, this comedy deals riotously with the machinations and misunderstandings of courtship. Mrs Malaprop plans to marry off her niece, Lydia, to Jack Absolute, a young army captain; Lydia (who detests formal engagements, and has set her mind on a romantic elopement) is already secretly betrothed to another – who turns out to be Jack Absolute, in disguise. Meanwhile Julia, Lydia’s close friend, is plagued by a lover, Falkland, who is insanely jealous, to the point where he almost ruins his chances. Lydia has two other admirers: Bob Acres, a country squire who has ambitions to be a gentleman; and Sit Lucius O’Trigger, a fiery Irishman, whose love-letters to Lydia are delivered by Lucy (Lydia’s maid) to Mrs Malaprop – with predictable consequences. Sheridan set the whole action in the space of five hours – by which time secrets are out, deceptions are exposed, and the duel (which might have brought serious consequences) is happily averted.
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