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The Country Wife
William Wycherley
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Paperback. Horner pretends to be a eunuch as a strategy to allow him free access to women. Pinchwife, unaware of Horner's pretended status, admits he has married the innocent Margery, the country wife of the title. Editor(s): Griffiths, Trevor. Series: Drama Classics S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 119 x 14. Weight in Grams: 140.
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A classically bawdy Restoration Comedy, widely regarded as one of the filthiest and funniest plays ever written.
The City of London in the seventeenth century. Harry Horner wants to seduce as many women as possible, but he needs to convince their husbands that he’s physically incapable of any such thing. Cannily, his faux impotence also allows him to sniff out and unmask those respectably virtuous ladies who secretly ache for him.
William Wycherley's The Country Wife was first performed in January 1675, by the King's Company, at the ... Read more
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Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Drama Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781854592255
SKU
V9781854592255
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Ref
99-50
About William Wycherley
William Wycherley (1641–1716) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for the plays The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer.
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