Sheridan's comedy is one of the great classics of British theatre so a revival is always welcome.

Set in fashionable Bath around the late 1770s, it has a frenetic and convoluted plot, full of intrigue and duplicity.

It concerns itself with the romances of two young couples for whom the course of true love runs anything but smooth. However, in both cases, the problems of their courtships are mainly of their own making.

Lydia, a hopeless romantic, yearns for an elopement rather than a conventional marriage thus forcing the object of her love, Jack Absolute, to adopt the guise of a penniless ensign.

Matters are not helped by Lydia being courted by other suitors - a county bumpkin Bob Acres and an ageing Lothario, Sir Lucius O'Trigger. There is also interference from her Aunt, Mrs Malaprop, and Jack's father, Sir Anthony.

Meanwhile her cousin, Julia, has problems with her own suitor due to his obsessive need to be convinced that he is truly loved.

What has made this play a classic, surely, is the creation of the comic character, Mrs Malaprop, a vain woman whose pretension of intellect results in the mangling of the English language - a creation to match that other great comic institution, Lady Bracknell.

The part is a gift to an actress with comic timing and this production has the delightful Stephanie Cole relishing the part as though she was born to play it. With a raddled complexion and a simpering manner when subjected to flattery, her outrageous misuse of words is hilarious.

Taking a break from his TV role as Inspector Wexford is George Baker, who gives a solid, workmanlike performance as Sir Anthony - a man of fiery temper who believes himself to be the soul of reasonableness.

The production is a robust one which moves at a cracking pace. Sadly, at times this did lead to words being swallowed and lost.

However it does contain many fine performances from a particularly strong cast and provides an evening of great fun.

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