Review of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals, directed by Aaron Posner, American Players Theatre, Hill Theatre, Spring Green, WI, 10 July 2022. Reviewers castigated Sheridan's harsh portrayal of the Irish through the character Sir Lucius O'Trigger, and the performance was plagued by poor acting. Sheridan also came to acknowledge in his preface that the first night's script was "at least double the length of any acting comedy" (4).