The resourceful hero of The Country Wife is Horner, the scourge of stupid husbands and the hope of unhappy wives. Through a single simple ruse Horner helps one woman after another settle accounts with a foolish spouse. Margery, the country wife, upsets his plans when she learns the manners of the city and begins to apply them herself.
The Regents Restoration Drama text is based on the first edition of 1675, the last edition to enjoy Wycherley s attention. By the time the second edition appeared he was in prison for debt, having enjoyed too much of his success at the royal...
The resourceful hero of The Country Wife is Horner, the scourge of stupid husbands and the hope of unhappy wives. Through a single simple ru...
A new contemporary version of William Wycherley's most famous classic by Tanika Gupta, one of Britain's leading playwrights. Following Hardeep's return to London, he begins broadcasting his newly invented celibate state in a bid to attract women. With this deception more than successful, he turns to the naive country wife, Preethi, to settle some unfinished business between old friends.
A new contemporary version of William Wycherley's most famous classic by Tanika Gupta, one of Britain's leading playwrights. Following Hardeep's re...
Mr Wycherley is universally allowed the first place among the English comic poets who have writ since Ben Jonson. His Plain-Dealer is the best comedy that ever was composed in any language.' Yet in spite of the extreme praise many of his contemporaries accorded to his work, William Wycherley (1641 1715) is now only remembered for one play, The Country Wife. Even though The Country Wife is frequently performed by both amateur and professional companies (including a production at the National Theatre in 1977), Wycherley's three other plays, Love in a Wood, The Gentleman Dancing-Master and The...
Mr Wycherley is universally allowed the first place among the English comic poets who have writ since Ben Jonson. His Plain-Dealer is the best comedy ...
