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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 ...
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 ...
1 January 1716 (aged 74) London, England. Occupation. poet; playwright. Literary movement. Classicism. Notable works. The Country Wife; The Plain Dealer. William Wycherley (baptised 8 April 1641 – 1 January 1716) was an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for the plays The Country Wife and The Plain Dealer .
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.
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.
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.
There are country music artists and fans who are new to the genre's powerhouse crossover potential, and then there's Jennifer Nettles. In her current role as host of Fox's reboot of the 22-year ...
The Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic dystopian novel [ 6] by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published in 1985. [ 7] It is set in a near-future New England in a patriarchal, totalitarian theonomic state known as the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the United States government. [ 8] Offred is the central character and narrator and one of ...