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Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals. Stereotyped characters are a cornerstone of the
Restoration genre and the Country Wife is no different; we have Horner, the mischievous and
intelligent rake, manipulating people in a grandiose plot to have sex with married women; there’s
Pinchwife, a cookie-cutter cuckold who has extremely misogynistic and jealous perceptions towards
people interacting with his wife in any way, fearing she will be corrupted and cheat on him. He
makes endless and mindless jokes about Horner's alleged impotence. Tickets can be purchased in
person at the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office, by phone at 614-292-2295, or online through
Ticketmaster. On the surface, it seems as if Mr. Sparkers, Mr. Pincher and Hornier are created to
satirized men’s treatment foemen. Alithea makes clear that his strongest motive is really not even to
use. Our production of William Wycherley’s Restoration comedy uses Netflix’s Bridgerton as an
inspiration, mixing periods and blending styles to explore themes of love, fidelity, freedom, and
power. Horner spreads the rumor that he’s impotent to gain other men’s trust and access to their
wives, seducing the latter, and cuckolding the former. Late in the play she articulates a defense of
the hypocrisy of high-born ladies. It allows the play to end happily, but without any change in the
deadlocked arrangement of static characters. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Ohio State
Theatre Ticket Office, by phone at 614-292-2295, or online through Ticketmaster. Tickets can be
purchased in person at the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office, by phone at 614-292-2295, or online
through Ticketmaster. Horner spreads the rumor that he’s impotent to gain other men’s trust and
access to their wives, seducing the latter, and cuckolding the former. Like Lady Fidget, she is a
member of “the virtuous gang” and secretly a conquest of Horner’s. First produced in 1675, this play
spent nearly 200 years banned from stage and print because of its scandalous story and risque
language. Please add your card again, or add a different card. Horner spreads the rumor that he’s
impotent to gain other men’s trust and access to their wives, seducing the latter, and cuckolding the
former. Many men never married but went after other men’s wives. Tickets can be purchased in
person at the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office, by phone at 614-292-2295, or online through
Ticketmaster. This stratagem actually takes up a very small portion of the play's plot. Alithea is
Pinchwife ’s sister and is engaged to Sparkish. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with
Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a
vain socialite. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office, by phone at
614-292-2295, or online through Ticketmaster. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with
Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a
vain socialite. It only adds to the ridiculousness of the situation when he physically threatens her
over it. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office, by phone at 614-
292-2295, or online through Ticketmaster. His devotion to Alethea bespeaks his basic good nature,
and in the course of the play he is converted to a vision of marriage based on mutual love and
esteem, Harcourt a much more likeable character than any other in the play. Access the digital
program before, during, or after the performance. Horner takes Lady Fidget aside and whispers to her
that he is not actually impotent and says that he has lied for her sake, to get close to her. Access the
digital program before, during, or after the performance.
Access the digital program before, during, or after the performance. He is a middle aged man newly
married to the country wife Margery. Our production of William Wycherley’s Restoration comedy
uses Netflix’s Bridgerton as an inspiration, mixing periods and blending styles to explore themes of
love, fidelity, freedom, and power. However, events in the play suggest their marriage will also be a
failure. The Fop: Similar to the rake in many regards, although they were usually supporting
characters rather than holding a spotlight; Fops are also incredibly vain about their appearance and
acted in an extremely arrogant matter; the women of the Restoration Era loved the Fop, in general
Fop characters were popular with the ladies. Marked with the variations of the manager's book, at
the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Alithea makes clear that his strongest motive is really not even to
use. He tells Pinchwife that he saw him at the theatre the previous night with a beautiful young
woman. Lather’s agitation as she makes a decision between keeping her promise to Sparkers or
following her heart, here Whichever maintains that a marriage without love, built solely on trust, is
an unfavorable alternative to a relationship characterized by infidelity. Many men never married but
went after other men’s wives. Get the entire The Country Wife LitChart as a printable PDF. While
they are in discussion, Sparkish, Alithea, Pinchwife, Harcourt, Lucy, and a chaplain arrive. Horner’s
friend Harcourt falls in love with Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even
though she’s engaged Sparkish, a vain socialite. Steele, in fashioning a new form of comedy,
employs deception reluctantly, apologizing for its inherent immorality and shunting it to servants.
Our production of William Wycherley’s Restoration comedy uses Netflix’s Bridgerton as an
inspiration, mixing periods and blending styles to explore themes of love, fidelity, freedom, and
power. According to Wycherley, people from urban societies were ?naturally affectatious. He is
impressed with what he hears and even more impressed when Lady Fidget arrives alone. She remains
faithful to Sparkers out to respect tort his trust, but is faced. Horner's purpose in spreading this rumor
is to seduce London's high society women. Margery, however, has resolved to leave Pinchwife and
take Horner as her new. Pinchwife attempts to keep his much younger and inexperienced new wife
away from the attention of London rakes such as Horner. The Country Wife lies in a firm comic
tradition; The Conscious Lovers, unwilling to abandon its roots entirely, stakes out uneasy ground
between comedy and tragedy. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with Pinchwife’s sister Alithea
and seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a vain socialite. Access the
digital program before, during, or after the performance. Our production of William Wycherley’s
Restoration comedy uses Netflix’s Bridgerton as an inspiration, mixing periods and blending styles
to explore themes of love, fidelity, freedom, and power. Greek Drama. Began as organized religious
celebrations honoring Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and fertility. Outside Horner’s house,
Pinchwife meets Sparkish and shows him the letter which is addressed to Horner and signed with
Alithea’s name. The Country Wife has no more noble purpose than to entertain the audience, and
embraces the old comic convention of disguise to accomplish all sorts of adulterous ends. Lady
fidget is seeking her first sexual encounter with Horner. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with
Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a vain
socialite.
Just a lot of subplots wrapped around each other and coming to a head together. The country father-
A Father from the country The coquette - A flirtatious woman. Isabella's doubt of Bevil's intentions
can be explained by her previous ill usage; the trusting Indiana never risks her honor, and, unlike her
equivalent, the innocent Mrs. Pinchwife, never wishes to. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with
Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a
vain socialite. As a genre, Restoration comedy is notable for displaying a recrudescence of
bawdiness, the public expression of which had been suppressed under the Puritans, and for taking a
satirical, or even cynical, view of marriage and sexuality. Horner is shocked when Pinchwife
reappears, this time bringing him a masked woman. Access the digital program before, during, or
after the performance. Act 2: Margery Pinchwife complains to her sister in law Alethea Pinchwife
that her Husband has trapped her indoors and wont let her leave to see the sights of London. Come
see this exciting new look on a classic piece of repertoire this May in the Toland Theatre. Tickets can
be purchased in person at the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office, by phone at 614-292-2295, or online
through Ticketmaster. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and
seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a vain socialite. Horner’s friend
Harcourt falls in love with Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even though
she’s engaged Sparkish, a vain socialite. Sir Jasper is taken aback for a moment, but Horner is saved
by the reappearance of the Quack who gives Pinchwife and Sir Jasper his word “as a physician” that
Horner is impotent. He beliefs that a country wife would be far too stupid to cheat on him and
cuckold him. Act II ends with the London ladies, Lady Fidget, Lady Squeamish and her
granddaughter, appearing on the stage, demanding Pinchwife to let his new wife go to a pla y with
them. But Mr. Pinchwife will not relent, insisting that she stay home while he goes to. He only cares
about himself, his appearance and how people see him as. Extravagant exaggeration Mr Pinchwife
tries to portray Margery as being more promiscuous then she actually is. Our production of William
Wycherley’s Restoration comedy uses Netflix’s Bridgerton as an inspiration, mixing periods and
blending styles to explore themes of love, fidelity, freedom, and power. Pinchwife attempts to keep
his much younger and inexperienced new wife away from the attention of London rakes such as
Horner. It comes to exist only through performance on a stage. Horner and Lady Fidget re-emerge,
Lady Fidget carrying some china, and Mrs. Squeamish tries to persuade Horner to give her some
china, too. First produced in 1675, this play spent nearly 200 years banned from stage and print
because of its scandalous story and risque language. He makes endless and mindless jokes about
Horner's alleged impotence. By spreading the false rumor of his own impotence, he gains the
sympathy of the husbands and, more importantly, free access to seduce their wives. Pinchwife is not
yet a cuckold, but he sees that he will have to take measures to ensure that Horner does not have any
further success with his wife. Pinchwife bursts in on her and forces her to finish what she is writing.
The plot's executors are also different; the men involved are Myrtle, who loves Lucinda, and the
servant Tom. Bevil Jr. himself, the play's main and most virtuous character, is exempted from taking
part in the plot, although he invented it. Sparkish and then returning with Margery to the country.
They also tended to be very open gossips, with little restraint over how much information they would
divulge while gossiping. After the departure of the Fidgets, Horner’s two friends, Frank Harcourt
and Mr. Dorilant, enter and banter with him about women, wine, and.
Horner spreads the rumor that he’s impotent to gain other men’s trust and access to their wives,
seducing the latter, and cuckolding the former. The Fop: Similar to the rake in many regards,
although they were usually supporting characters rather than holding a spotlight; Fops are also
incredibly vain about their appearance and acted in an extremely arrogant matter; the women of the
Restoration Era loved the Fop, in general Fop characters were popular with the ladies. Our
production of William Wycherley’s Restoration comedy uses Netflix’s Bridgerton as an inspiration,
mixing periods and blending styles to explore themes of love, fidelity, freedom, and power. Horner
spreads the rumor that he’s impotent to gain other men’s trust and access to their wives, seducing the
latter, and cuckolding the former. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Ohio State Theatre Ticket
Office, by phone at 614-292-2295, or online through Ticketmaster. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in
love with Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged
Sparkish, a vain socialite. First produced in 1675, this play spent nearly 200 years banned from stage
and print because of its scandalous story and risque language. Under the General Editorship of
Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are
presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. Our production of William Wycherley’s
Restoration comedy uses Netflix’s Bridgerton as an inspiration, mixing periods and blending styles
to explore themes of love, fidelity, freedom, and power. Our production of William Wycherley’s
Restoration comedy uses Netflix’s Bridgerton as an inspiration, mixing periods and blending styles
to explore themes of love, fidelity, freedom, and power. Drama all over the world began as religious
ritual. Horner spreads the rumor that he’s impotent to gain other men’s trust and access to their
wives, seducing the latter, and cuckolding the former. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with
Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a
vain socialite. Access the digital program before, during, or after the performance. Our Teacher
Edition on The Country Wife makes teaching easy. Thus, Sparkish would rather barter his fiancee for
a compliment to his wit. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and
seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a vain socialite. Humphrey upbraids
Tom for putting on airs and acting like his master in Parliament waiting-rooms; Indiana's servant
botches the trick of claiming his mistress is out; an unruly fellow at a masquerade insults John Bevil,
at which point Bevil Jr. Sir jasper represents foolish husbands who make their women cheat on them
by pushing them away or treating them unfairly. First produced in 1675, this play spent nearly 200
years banned from stage and print because of its scandalous story and risque language. Especially
mixed up over all the criss-crossing plots involving characters who can scarcely be told apart. Horner
spreads the rumor that he’s impotent to gain other men’s trust and access to their wives, seducing the
latter, and cuckolding the former. The only real surprise, that Indiana is Sealand's daughter, is a plot
contrivance, not a secret. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and
seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a vain socialite. Access the digital
program before, during, or after the performance. If you receive an error message, please contact
your library for help. She seems to be not educated and is pleased with anything and everything.
Pinchwife attempts to keep his much younger and inexperienced new wife away from the attention
of London rakes such as Horner. Meanwhile, business brings the newly married Jack Pinchwife to
the city with his much younger wife Margery in tow. Please sign in again so you can continue to
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As they are talking, Pinchwife, Margery, Alithea and Lucy walk past, and the men pursue them.
Pinchwife attempts to keep his much younger and inexperienced new wife away from the attention
of London rakes such as Horner. The Coquette: The wife of the Cuckold, young and often beautiful
and not that interested in their husband, they constantly pursued extra-marital affairs with other
men, and were often ' acquainted ' with characters like the Fop and the Rake. Just then, Sparkish
arrives with Harcourt to visit Alithea and to show his fiancee off to his friend. Lady Fidget thinks
quickly and tells her husband that she is tickling Horner because he has refused to take her shopping.
Restoration audiences may have laughed at Mr. Pinwheel’s ridiculous measures to promote fidelity,
his attempts eventually lead to the failure of his marriage. Sir Jasper enters with his wife and sister
not being sure about the rumor but finds out from Horner himself that the rumor is true which
delights Sir Jasper as he now doesn't mind Horner and even arranges for Horner and his Wife to
hang out. Horner's purpose in spreading this rumor is to seduce London's high society women.
Horner spreads the rumor that he’s impotent to gain other men’s trust and access to their wives,
seducing the latter, and cuckolding the former. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with
Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a
vain socialite. Old Lady Squeamish: The grandmother of Mistress Squeamish; she strives in vain to
preserve her granddaughter’s purity. First produced in 1675, this play spent nearly 200 years banned
from stage and print because of its scandalous story and risque language. Suddenly The Quack walks
in, to the relief of Horner, who calls upon him to. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with
Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a
vain socialite. Lady fidget is seeking her first sexual encounter with Horner. The closest to that would
be Sparkish, a dull-witted fop who loses the woman he's engaged to through his own comical
stupidity, but he's a supporting character at best. Horner spreads the rumor that he’s impotent to gain
other men’s trust and access to their wives, seducing the latter, and cuckolding the former. Tickets
can be purchased in person at the Ohio State Theatre Ticket Office, by phone at 614-292-2295, or
online through Ticketmaster. Sparkish is a bore and so arrogant that he does not understand when
they insult him and ask him to leave. New Exchange. Harcourt confesses that he is in love with
Alethea and needs a. First produced in 1675, this play spent nearly 200 years banned from stage and
print because of its scandalous story and risque language. Horner’s friend Harcourt falls in love with
Pinchwife’s sister Alithea and seeks her hand in marriage even though she’s engaged Sparkish, a
vain socialite. English Royal Patent of 1662-Theater MonopolyWomen A. Our Teacher Edition on
The Country Wife makes teaching easy. When Margery tells Pinchwife that Horner put his tongue in
her mouth when he kissed her, Pinchwife can no longer contain his jealousy and forces Margery to
write a letter to Horner in which she tells him that she finds him disgusting and will not tolerate his
advances. Althea and Harcourt end the play as happy lovers, it is not known what will become of
their relationship in the future. First produced in 1675, this play spent nearly 200 years banned from
stage and print because of its scandalous story and risque language. Horner spreads the rumor that
he’s impotent to gain other men’s trust and access to their wives, seducing the latter, and cuckolding
the former. Access the digital program before, during, or after the performance. Pinchwife attempts
to keep his much younger and inexperienced new wife away from the attention of London rakes
such as Horner.

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