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Excerpt from Moli�re and Sheridan a Thesis for the Doctorate Presented to the Faculty of Letters
Moliere, then, found around him an inexhaustible store from which to draw his comedies. What was the source from which Sheridan drew? In the first place, he had his own experiences, which formed a drama in themselves. Courtship under difficulties, rivals, duels, romantic marriage and the stubbornness of parents, were all subjects for which he could draw on himself. Even in his own time there was a rumour that The Rivals was in great part the story of his own difficulties. Thus, in a letter to Mrs. Sheridan from her sister, we read I was told last night that it was his own story, and therefore called 'the Rivals'; but I do not give any credit to this intelligence.
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