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The Country Wife is a Restoration comedy written by William Wycherley and first performed in 1675. 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. The title contains a lewd pun with regard to the first ...
The Country Girl. (1954 film) The Country Girl is a 1954 American drama film written and directed by George Seaton and starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, and William Holden. Adapted by Seaton from Clifford Odets 's 1950 play of the same name, the film is about an alcoholic has-been actor who is given one last chance to resurrect his career.
The Plain Dealer is a Restoration comedy by William Wycherley, first performed on 11 December 1676. The play is based on Molière 's Le Misanthrope, and is generally considered Wycherley's finest work along with The Country Wife . The play was highly praised by John Dryden and John Dennis, though it was equally condemned for its obscenity by many.
In the mid-1690s a brief second Restoration comedy renaissance arose, aimed at a wider audience. The comedies of the golden 1670s and 1690s peak times are extremely different from each other. An attempt is made below to illustrate the generational taste shift by describing The Country Wife (1675) and The Provoked Wife (1697) in some detail. The ...
Chuck Franzke is an American hero: A World War II veteran, whose heart is full of love for his country and his wife of over 70 years. He was a Navy Air core pilot in World War II in 1943, '44 and '45.
Publication date. October 1913. Publication place. United States. Preceded by. The Reef. The Custom of the Country is a 1913 tragicomedy of manners novel by the American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Undine Spragg, a Midwestern girl who attempts to ascend in New York City society.
Germany. Published in. Grimm's Fairy Tales. " The Fisherman and His Wife " ( Low German: Von dem Fischer un syner Fru) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 (KHM 19). The tale is of Aarne–Thompson type 555, about dissatisfaction and greed. [ 1] It may be classified as an anti-fairy tale. [ 2]
In her current role as host of Fox's reboot of the 22-year-old, globally popular "Farmer Wants a Wife" franchise for a second season, Sugarland lead vocalist and socially aware country music star ...