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The Country Wife is a Restoration comedy written in 1675 by William Wycherley. 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 itself contains a lewd pun.

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author
William Wycherley
character in play
* Mr. Harcourt, * Mr. Horner, * Mr. Pinchwife, * Mrs. Alithea, * Mrs. Margery Pinchwife, * more...
genre
Restoration comedy
IBDB ID
2785
IOBDB ID
2487
premiere place
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
premiere year
1675-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
setting of play
London

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