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Country Wife

Country Wife

著者： William Wycherley
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Dive into one of the most scandalous Restoration comedies ever penned, William Wycherley’s *The Country Wife*. This vibrant and uproarious play offers a captivating look at the interplay between courtly and urban life in the seventeenth century, a time brimming with unrelenting sexual intrigue and conquest. Wycherley takes inspiration from Molière, yet he expands upon the French master’s themes with an array of interwoven storylines and colorful characters, all vying for your attention through his sharp, colloquial dialogue and clever double entendres. At the heart of the tale is the cunning rake Horner, who pretends to be impotent to seduce highborn women and cuckold their unsuspecting husbands. Among them is Margery, a seemingly innocent country girl wed to the intensely jealous Pinchwife. Her yearning for an affair with Horner leads to a whirlwind of complications and misunderstandings, many of which remain delightfully unresolved by the final curtain. With its candid explorations of gender roles, marriage dynamics, female empowerment, and societal constraints of the 17th century—alongside the infamous china scene teeming with innuendo—*The Country Wife* continues to be a timeless classic, inviting fresh interpretations with each new performance.Copyright Kids Stories and Comedy 戯曲・演劇
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