Country Wife

William Wycherley

English Comedy Drama Fiction

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Episodes 5

Avg. Duration 43m

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Since Nov 2025

Latest Episode Nov 2025

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Dive into one of the most scandalous Restoration comedies ever penned, William Wycherley’s *The Country Wife*. This vibrant and uproarious play offers a captivating look at the interplay between courtly and urban life in the seventeenth century, a time brimming with unrelenting sexual intrigue and conquest. Wycherley takes inspiration from Molière, yet he expands upon the French master’s themes with an array of interwoven storylines and colorful characters, all vying for your attention through his sharp, colloquial dialogue and clever double entendres. At the heart of the tale is the cunning rake Horner, who pretends to be impotent to seduce highborn women and cuckold their unsuspecting husbands. Among them is Margery, a seemingly innocent country girl wed to the intensely jealous Pinchwife. Her yearning for an affair with Horner leads to a whirlwind of complications and misunderstandings, many of which remain delightfully unresolved by the final curtain. With its candid explorations of gender roles, marriage dynamics, female empowerment, and societal constraints of the 17th century—alongside the infamous china scene teeming with innuendo—*The Country Wife* continues to be a timeless classic, inviting fresh interpretations with each new performance.

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05 - Act 5 - Country Wife by William Wycherley

Nov 11, 2025 46m Transcript

Dive into one of the most scandalous Restoration comedies ever penned, William Wycherley’s *The Country Wife*. This vibrant and uproarious play offers a captivating look at the interplay between…

04 - Act 4 - Country Wife by William Wycherley

Nov 11, 2025 56m Transcript

Dive into one of the most scandalous Restoration comedies ever penned, William Wycherley’s *The Country Wife*. This vibrant and uproarious play offers a captivating look at the interplay between…

03 - Act 3 - Country Wife by William Wycherley

Nov 11, 2025 42m Transcript

Dive into one of the most scandalous Restoration comedies ever penned, William Wycherley’s *The Country Wife*. This vibrant and uproarious play offers a captivating look at the interplay between…

02 - Act 2 - Country Wife by William Wycherley

Nov 11, 2025 35m Transcript

Dive into one of the most scandalous Restoration comedies ever penned, William Wycherley’s *The Country Wife*. This vibrant and uproarious play offers a captivating look at the interplay between…

01 - Act 1 - Country Wife by William Wycherley

Nov 11, 2025 33m Transcript

Dive into one of the most scandalous Restoration comedies ever penned, William Wycherley’s *The Country Wife*. This vibrant and uproarious play offers a captivating look at the interplay between…

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