Reviews for The Country Wife

The average rating for The Country Wife based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-02-17 00:00:00 Valeka E Moore I taught this play on a yearly basis at the end of the first half of English Lit sophomore survey, Anglo-Saxon to Restoration (more than half except to cramped moderns). After teaching it for the fifth year, it was performed by our best local (Providence, RI) theater; my school had 25 tickets for students, but would not prioritize my students who had read the play. Bizarre, and stupid. Only a couple of 'em managed to get tickets before the staff (mostly) gobbled 'em all up. Corrupt, too. It's a delightful play, and sums up Tory versus Whig for the next century. Lady Fidget sugests the Tories, and Pinchwife the country gentleman Whigs. Horner (yes, horny continues to be slang) displays familiar hypocrisies of a president--oops, I meant to say, of a pussy-grabber. In my latest book, there's a dog poet, Wordsworth (featured on the cover and interior illus) who says, "Of many words I have no need,/ like all those human lies--/say, where they've been. With one sniff/ I know, the noser knows." Wordsworth would discover what Pinchwife has trouble with. And of course, one of the most famous scenes in all Restoration comedy occurs here, with lovers in a room/ not in a room, exiting and entering.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-04-14 00:00:00 JEANETTE AVILA After a 18-year of Puritan ban on theatrical performances, I can only imagine that a play like this would be a breath of fresh air. "The Country Wife" is filled with energy and wit, displaying three tales of romantic conquest.