Preliminaries -- LIFE AND BACKGROUND OF THE AUTHOR -- INTRODUCTION TO THE PLAYS -- THE RIVALS -- A BRIEF SYNOPSIS -- LIST OF CHARACTERS -- CRITICAL COMMENTARIES -- PROLOGUE -- ACT I -- SCENE 1 -- ACT I -- SCENE 2 -- ACT II -- SCENE 1 -- ACT II -- SCENE 2 -- ACT III -- SCENE 1 -- ACT III -- SCENE 2 -- ACT III -- SCENE 3 -- ACT III -- SCENE 4 -- ACT III -- SCENE 3 -- ACT III -- SCENE 4 -- ACT IV -- SCENE 1 -- ACT IV -- SCENE 2 -- ACT IV -- SCENE 3 -- ACT V -- SCENE 1 -- ACT V -- SCENE 2 -- ACT V -- SCENE 3 -- EPILOGUE -- CHARACTER ANALYSIS -- CAPTAIN JACK ABSOLUTE -- LYDIA LANGUISH -- MR. FAULKLAND -- JULIA MELVILLE -- BOB ACRES -- SIR LUCIUS O'TRIGGER -- SIR ANTHONY ABSOLUTE -- MRS. MALAPROP -- FAG -- DAVID -- LUCY -- THOMAS -- THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL -- A BRIEF SYNOPSIS -- LIST OF CHARACTERS -- CRITICAL COMMENTARIES -- A PORTRAIT -- PROLOGUE -- ACT I -- SCENE 1 -- ACT I -- SCENE 2 -- ACT II -- SCENE 1 -- ACT II -- SCENE 2 -- ACT II -- SCENE 3 -- ACT III -- SCENE 1 -- ACT III -- SCENE 2 -- ACT III -- SCENE 2 -- ACT IV -- SCENE 1 -- ACT IV -- SCENE 2 -- ACT IV -- SCENE 3 -- ACT V -- SCENE 1 -- ACT V -- SCENE 2 -- ACT V -- SCENE 3 -- EPILOGUE -- CHARACTER ANALYSIS -- CHARLES SURFACE -- JOSEPH SURFACE -- SIR PETER TEAZLE -- LADY TEAZLE -- SIR OLIVER SURFACE -- TRIP -- ROWLEY -- MOSES -- MARIA -- LADY SNEERWELL -- SNAKE -- THE "CHORUS" -- CRITICAL ESSAY -- THE TWO TRADITIONS -- ESSAY TOPICS AND REVIEW QUESTIONS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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The comic genius of Richard Brinsley Sheridan shines like a beacon in The Rivals and The School for Scandal. These two plays typify his ability to incorporate hilarious truth and subtle irony in the plots, characters, and language so common in all his works.