Bob Acres
Encyclopedia
Bob Acres is a character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan
's The Rivals
.
Acres was a coward, whose “courage always oozed out at his finger ends”. He was popularly played in the 19th century by American
actor
Joseph Jefferson
. (Jefferson named a Louisiana train station after this character; see Bob Acres, Louisiana
.)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Irish-born playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. For thirty-two years he was also a Whig Member of the British House of Commons for Stafford , Westminster and Ilchester...
's The Rivals
The Rivals
The Rivals, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a comedy of manners in five acts. It was first performed on 17 January 1775.- Production :...
.
Acres was a coward, whose “courage always oozed out at his finger ends”. He was popularly played in the 19th century by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
Joseph Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson, commonly known as Joe Jefferson , was an American actor. He was the third actor of this name in a family of actors and managers, and one of the most famous of all American comedians....
. (Jefferson named a Louisiana train station after this character; see Bob Acres, Louisiana
Bob Acres, Louisiana
Bob Acres is a small unincorporated community in rural Iberia Parish, Louisiana. It was established as a train station by American actor Joseph Jefferson, who owned nearby Orange Island , an inland salt dome that only appeared to be an island from a distance...
.)