Excerpt from The Rivals: A Comedy in Five Acts Wird wohl in das Urteil einstimmen, Welches Th. Moore in seiner Biographie Sheridan's uber dieses erstlingswerk des noch heutzutage hochgeschatzten Dichters fallt. Nachdem er dem feinen Style, in dem die Conversation des ganzen Stucks gefuhrt Wird', ein Wohlverdient-os Lob gespendet hot, riigt er den Mange] an Scharfer Cha'racteristik emzelner Pe'rsonen, die mehr 'durch da/s Wirken was sie sagen, als was sie. Tun, das stellenweise Ueberwuchern des Witzes, sowie 'das Gesuchtekund Sctlstige in einzelnen Teilen der ernsteren Scenen. Notwithstanding such blemishes and itiseasg for the micro scopic eye of criticism to discover gaps and inequalities in the, finest edge of genius, this play, from the liveliness of its plot, the variety and whimsicality of its characters, and the exquisite humour of its dialogue, is one of the most amusing in the whole range of drama, and even without the aid of its more splendid successor, ethe School for would. Have gblace'd Sheridan in the first rank of comic writers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.