The Country Wife

The Country Wife

The Country Wife

William Wycherley

The Country Wife

The Country Wife

William Wycherley

Overview

Restoration era London: Puritan laws and censorship laws are repealed; theatres re-open; and the cosmopolitan wives are living it up with extravagance, infidelity and impertinence towards their cuckold husbands. But when Margery the country wife comes to town, she arrives with strict handholding from her uptight husband and is promptly locked in a house. But then the door opens to Horner, a reputed womanizer...

Authors

Author

William Wycherley