The Rivals
A glittering "fancy-dress" comedy that bubbles over with the wit and humour of Richard Sheridan, and characters like Mrs Malaprop and Sir Anthony Absolute, "the very pineapple of perfection".
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"I have not only seen this movie at least a dozen times, I have been actively looking for a copy of it to purchase ever since I first saw it on Georgia Public Television. Fortunately a local college had a copy of the tape in its archives, because otherwise it has seemed to drop off the face of the planet. This is particularly surprising because of the large public interest in Jeremy Brett after his sterling Sherlock Holmes series. As Jack Absolute, Jeremy Brett is brilliant and hilarious in an understated and conspiratorial manner, and he is also the perfect romantic lead, dashing and absolute..."
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A glittering "fancy-dress" comedy that bubbles over with the wit and humour of Richard Sheridan, and characters like Mrs Malaprop and Sir Anthony Absolute, "the very pineapple of perfection".