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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 ...
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.
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 ...
The Country Girls is a trilogy by Irish author Edna O'Brien. It consists of three novels: The Country Girls (1960), The Lonely Girl ( 1962), and Girls in Their Married Bliss (1964). The trilogy was re-released in 1986 in a single volume with a revised ending to Girls in Their Married Bliss and addition of an epilogue.
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.
The Green Green Grass. ) " The Country Wife " is an episode of the BBC sitcom, The Green Green Grass. It was first screened on 23 September 2005, as the third episode of the first series. [1] It was written by The Green Green Grass and Only Fools and Horses series creator John Sullivan and directed by Tony Dow.
My only complaint is the repetition of the early quote dismissing The Country Girl in favor of The Country Wife; I would hope a replacement could be found for the second instance of it. Everyking 00:07, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC) I agree, I'm keeping an eye out, but very, very little has been said about The Country Girl at all. Maybe I should just lose ...