Olivier theatre, LondonThe razor sharp social critique of the original is replaced by nostalgia and strained gags in this toothless transposition of The Rivals Jack Absolute is the comically duplicitous, arch mischief-maker in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals which trades, typically, in love, farce, false identities and plenty of 18th-century social satire. Writers Richard Bean and Oliver Chris have taken Sheri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07PM on July 14, 2022