The Twin Rivals

The Twin Rivals
Written by	George Farquhar
Date premiered	14 December 1702
Place premiered	Drury Lane Theatre
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

The Twin Rivals is a 1702 comedy play by the Irish writer George Farquhar. It was one of the author's least successful plays.[1] A younger son schemes to cheat his elder brother out of the family estate.

The original Drury Lane cast featured Robert Wilks as Elder Woudbee, Colley Cibber as younger Woudbee, Benjamin Husband as Richemore, John Mills as Trueman, William Pinkethman as Subtleman, Benjamin Johnson as Balderdash, William Bowen as Teague, Jane Rogers as Constance, Mary Hook as Aurelia, William Bullock as Mandrake and Henrietta Moore as Steward's wife. The prologue was written by Peter Anthony Motteux.

In 1981 it was revived by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

References

1. Bond & Sherburn p.777

Bibliography

• Donald F. Bond & G. Sherburn. The Literary History of England: Vol 3: The Restoration and Eighteenth Century (1660-1789). Routledge, 2003.

External links

• The Twin Rivals public domain audiobook at LibriVox