The country wife
By: William Wycherley
Contributors: Ogden, James
Edition: 2nd ed. / edited by James Ogden.
Series: New mermaids; New mermaids
Publisher: A. & C. Black
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 193
Subjects: Cuckolds; Drama; Seduction; Social life and customs
Description: A satirical comedy focused on the vices and hypocrisies of Restoration London, 'The Country Wife' was first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, in 1675. Wycherley satirises female hypocrisy, true and false masculinity and human folly through three neatly linked plots. His racy prose dialogue creates an energetic and complex comedy of sex that combines cynicism, satire and farce.
Notes: This ed. originally published: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references.