The Country Wife
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First performance | January 1675 |
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Playwright | William Wycherley |
Genres | Restoration Comedy |
Setting | London |
Original language | English Language |
Characters | Margery Pinchwife |
Lady Fidget | |
Alithea | |
Mr. Pinchwife | |
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ID | 1255150 |
About The Country Wife
The Country Wife is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley. A product of the tolerant early Restoration period, the play reflects an aristocratic and anti-Puritan ideology, and was controversial for its sexual explicitness even in its own time.