The Rivals (1939)

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Bedford Street

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Production team

Director – F Owen Chambers

Cast

Sir Lucius O’Trigger – Harry Bryan
Lucy – Hazel Clarke
Julia – Barbara Cookson
Sir Anthony Absolute – Bryan Evans
David – Vivian Grimes
Mrs Malaprop – Marjorie Humphriss
Thomas – R J Leale
Boy – Peter Lees
Bob Acres – Tom Locke
Lydia Languish – Diana Pattinson
Fag – Reginald Pattinson
Falkland – Clifford Sleath
Captain Absolute – Geoffrey Wootten

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Notes

Performed in May 1939, this lavish production brought the 1938-39 season to a close – and was also, as it turned out, the last play performed at the Loft before the outbreak of World War II. Performances did not resume until January 1940.

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