National Institute of Dramatic Art

the rivals

GRAduation production | autumn season

12 - 17 April 2007 | Parade Theatre

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan | dir. Jennifer Hagan

Thursday, 12 April 2007 7:30:00 PM
Friday, 13 April 2007 7:30:00 PM
Saturday, 14 April 2007 7:30:00 PM
Monday, 16 April 2007 7:30:00 PM
Tuesday, 17 April 2007 7:30:00 PM



Approaching a classic 18th Century comedy in the 21st Century

Director Jennifer Hagan will discuss the manners and mores of 18th Century England and the impact they had on Sheridan's The Rivals; the uses of language and character Sheridan employs to tell his story and how aspects of comedy writing have changed, or stayed the same, since then.

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Limited places! Bookings for this event close Friday 13 April

Sheridan's robust classic comedy of love and intrigue, largely peopled by men on the make and women looking for love. The Rivals is Sheridan's first play, considered to be based on his own life including his scandalous marriage to a popular singer, and the people he met in Bath, a fashionable resort for the wealthy in the era. Hagan's fresh look at this classic brings the piece into a contemporary setting at a hedonistic luxury health spa, and promises the audience a thoroughly hilarious evening!

Parade Theatre | Thursday 12, Friday 13, Saturday 14, Monday 16, Tuesday 17 April at 7.30pm

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The Rivals © NIDA photo Branco Gaica