Jack Absolute Flies Again

<i>What will happen in England after we have won this war?</i><br/><i>Bunting! Bunting everywhere!</i><br/><i>After the bunting has been taken down.</i><br/><i>They will never take down our bunting!</i><br/><br/>July 1940. After an aerial dog fight Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame Lydia Languish.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classic comedy of manners <i>The Rivals</i> is given an uproarious Battle of Britain update by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris.<br/><br/>In 2011 Richard Bean became the first playwright to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for two plays <i>The</i><i>Heretic</i>and <i>One Man Two Guvnors</i>. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the National Theatre London in July 2022.