Bob Acres
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For the south Louisiana community named after this fictional character, see Bob Acres, Louisiana.
Bob Acres is a character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals.
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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.)[1]