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Title	:	The Country Wife
Author	:	William Wycherley
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	New Mermaids
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	March 28th 1991 by A & C Black Publishers Ltd. (first published 1675)
Categories	:	Plays. Drama. Classics. Academic. School. Theatre. Fiction. Literature. 17th Century

The Country Wife

William Wycherley

Paperback | Pages: 208 pages

Rating: 3.35 | 3605 Users | 138 Reviews

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I taught this play on a yearly basis at the end of the first half of English Lit sophomore survey, Anglo-Saxon to Restoration (more than half except to cramped moderns). After teaching it for the fifth year, it was performed by our best local (Providence, RI) theater; my school had 25 tickets for students, but would not prioritize my students who had read the play. Bizarre, and stupid. Only a couple of 'em managed to get tickets before the staff (mostly) gobbled 'em all up. Corrupt, too.
It's a delightful play, and sums up Tory versus Whig for the next century. Lady Fidget sugests the Tories, and Pinchwife the country gentleman Whigs. Horner (yes, horny continues to be slang) displays familiar hypocrisies of a president--oops, I meant to say, of a pussy-grabber. In my latest book, there's a dog poet, Wordsworth (featured on the cover and interior illus) who says, "Of many words I have no need,/ like all those human lies--/say, where they've been. With one sniff/ I know, the noser knows." Wordsworth would discover what Pinchwife has trouble with.
And of course, one of the most famous scenes in all Restoration comedy occurs here, with lovers in a room/ not in a room, exiting and entering.

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Original Title:	The Country-Wife: A Comedy, Acted at the Theatre Royal
ISBN:	0713632879 (ISBN13: 9780713632873)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	London, England,1675(United Kingdom)

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Wycherley has certainly used tremendous wit in each line that his characters speak. Beside this, the dialogues have been very carefully arranged to weave a very interesting, witty, entertaining and as it were, a smart plot. I personally liked the Alithea-Harcourt plot line the most. The change in the feelings of both these characters was, for me, channelised in the right direction where this change was symbolic of valorising not just true love but also justice, reason and the courage to be able

Absolutely hilarious! The premise is that a known lecher gets a quack doctor to spread a rumor he's become a eunuch, and thereby he can cuckold all his friends, since it won't be suspicious for honorable ladies to frequent his home. It plays out delightfully, as the hero mixes with an array of silly characters, including his fellow bachelors, gullible husbands, a stupid mistress (the titular country wife), and her jealous husband. Of note additionally is the refreshing acknowledgement of the

I had the opportunity to play the role of Dorilant in a staged reading of this play last night (February 17, 2013). Savage Rose staged readings are just a bunch of actors going on a stage and reading a little-known classical play without worrying about attendance and production cost. We throw in some rough blocking that we create as we go and have a good time. Very few of us had read the play before, so that led to many fun antics as we tried to figure out what the hell we were doing. The method

It was fun. I read this in anticipation of seeing the play performed, and I'm glad I did because it enhanced my appreciation of the actors' presentation. The play stands well on its own, but it was definitely more fun to watch as live theater. The play, a Restoration comedy, was meant to be a shocker with its wide use of sexual entendres and puns. This humor still works today. Holding the story line together is Harry Homers quest to cuckold all the husbands in town by pretending he suffers from

I have very conflicted feelings about this play. On the one hand, Restoration comedy isn't usually my thing, and the first half is tedious. On the other hand, the plot really catches fire at the top of Act 4, it actually gets really funny, and the ending resolved things much better than I was afraid it would.But. There is an incredibly disturbing extended scene in Act 3, in which threats of horrifying domestic violence are played for laughs, and THERE IS NOT ENOUGH NOPE IN THE WORLD TO DESCRIBE

Funny as all hell! Extremely inappropriate though (as long as you get the double meanings)

True to Restoration theatre, Wycherley's play is ripe with humour and bawdy language. As the title suggests, one of the main plot points is the juxtaposition of the country and the city. The country is seemingly personified in the naive Mrs Pinchwife; meanwhile, urban life is personified in the lust- and sinful Mr Horner who pretends to be impotent so he can safely have affairs with married women. Horner's deception along with Mrs Pinchwife's arrival in town sets off a series of events which