What will happen in England after we have won this war?
Bunting! Bunting everywhere!
After the bunting has been taken down.
They will never take down our bunting!
July 1940. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies
home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish.
Back on British soil, Jack's advances soon turn to anarchy when the
young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy of manners, The Rivals, is
given an uproarious Battle of Britain update by Richard Bean and Oliver
Chris.
In 2011, Richard Bean became the first playwright to win the Evening
Standard Award for Best Play for two plays, TheHereticand One Man,
Two Guvnors. This edition was published to coincide with the world
premiere at the National Theatre, London, in July 2022.