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I didn't realize that the full cast meant that this would be more a performance than a reading of the original book.


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Country Wife New Mermaids William Wycherley 9780713632873 Books Reviews

The photograph that is visible now for this item makes it look like it's the New Mermaids edition. But that is not what I received. The publisher is "Players Press." The cover is heavy-duty cardboard paper. It looks like it might be intended for use by a group of actors, not someone reading the play in a library. This is a copy of the play, but if you want a scholarly edition, this isn't it.

Of course, Wycherley's play is a masterpiece of Restoration comedy. Everyone should read it, in this edition or another.
A rake figures he can get all the girls he wants if they think he's impotent. What could go wrong?
I love books written in this time period and was so looking forward to reading this one! It was cute but I didn't fall in love with it like I'd anticipated for some reason.... I think I was wanting more details in each chapter. Nothing wrong with the book, but just didn't make me want to read it again.
My book arrived promptly and very carefully wrapped! I am looking forward to a great read!! Thank you so much!
great book - lives up to the rating
I'll be able to finish a college paper, thanks to this product. Didn't look at all like I expected it would, but I am grateful nonetheless for a speedy delivery.
Many accused THE COUNTRY WIFE of gross obscenity when it debuted in 1675; nonetheless, it remained an audience favorite for more than seventy five years. In 1753, however, bluenose killjoys at last convinced the public that the play was completely unacceptable and successfully banned it from the stage. It was not staged again until 1924--and when it was, the play became an audience favorite all over again.

Author William Wycherley (1640-1715) drew upon sources that included French comedy and Shakespearean structure, but the end result was of his own creation an outrageously bawdy type of sex farce in which few, if any, of the characters can be described as innocent of evil intent. In THE COUNTRY WIFE, Horner allows society to believe he is impotent, and as such husbands entrust him with their wives. But Horner is anything but impotent, and before long he is bedding a host of bored, foolish, and incredibly horny women--including the young, silly Margery, an ignorant country girl recently wed to an elderly man.

THE COUNTRY WIFE is particularly famous, or infamous, for the so-called "China Scene." Horner claims to have extensive knowledge of the china collected by fashionable ladies, and this provides them with an excuse to visit his rooms to discuss china. And discuss it they do indeed, so much so that the very word "china" becomes funnier with every repetition. But this is far from the only notable moment the play has to offer; from carousing housewives to hysterical husbands, THE COUNTRY WIFE is lewd, lacivious, and almost unbearably funny.

Like many early Restoration plays, THE COUNTRY WIFE has been accused of being "cold," for does not really provide the viewer/reader with a sympathetic hero or heroine, nor does it punish the wrong-doers at the end, a fact which later censors found particularly outrageous. Well, let the killjoys china themselves; this is a play that simply goes on and on, and although it may not be most artful comedy the Restoration produced, it is certainly the most popular. Strongly recommended.

GFT, Reviewer
I didn't realize that the full cast meant that this would be more a performance than a reading of the original book.