Rivals!

Rivals!
Written by	John Robert Monsell
Music by	Herbert Hughes
Date premiered	16 September 1935
Place premiered	Grand Theatre, Leeds
Original language	English
Genre	Musical comedy
Setting	Bath, Somerset, 1775

Rivals! is a British musical comedy. ^[1] It is an adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals with music by Herbert Hughes and the book and lyrics by John Robert Monsell. It first appeared at the Grand Theatre in Leeds before making its London premiere at the Embassy Theatre in Hampstead. It then transferred to Kingsway Theatre in the West End where it ran for 86 performances from 23 October 1935 to 4 January 1936. ^[2] The cast included Winifred Campbell as Lydlia Languish, Bruce Carfax as Captain Jack Absolute and Elsie French as Mrs Malaprop. ^[3]

References

1. Quinn p.73
2. Wearing p.476
3. Wearing p.476

Bibliography

• Quinn, Arianne Johnson. British and American Musical Theatre Exchanges in the West End (1924-1970. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
• Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.