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The Country Wife

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First performanceJanuary 1675
Playwright William Wycherley
GenresRestoration Comedy
Setting London
Original language English Language
CharactersMargery Pinchwife
Lady Fidget
Alithea
Mr. Pinchwife
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Date of Upd.
ID1255150
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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.

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