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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 ...
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 Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's ...
The Country Wife is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed. This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on May 26, 2005.
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.
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 ...
April 20, 2024 at 4:00 AM. Max Thieriot and Wife Lexi Murphy's Love StoryChristopher Polk - Getty Images. As the star, co-creator and executive producer of Fire Country, Max Thieriot knows what it ...