The Country Wife
So let me get this straight….. you can actually get MORE women with this plan? What a strange and crazy idea!
I have to admit that I’m not surprised that yet another one of our plays for review is sexually centered.
This one was funny. Even, I , as a man had never thought this strategy would work.
What struck me with this first was that there are things that people seem to be relate to eternally, and one of them is sex. I even learned a new word……cuckold! Or something like that.
It is easy to read compared to Lysistrata.
Concerning the plot, once again the best well laid plans (no pun intended) seems to backfire on poor Mr Pinchwife. Even the names were tongue-in-cheek. Fidget? Squeamish? Horner? I mean come on, this guy had a great sense of humor.
I think Helen will be happy to see that the women of this play don’t seem to have any hesitance of sexual promiscuity with men other than their husbands. Of course the husbands are implied to be at blame for driving their wives to the arms of the “impotent” Mr Horner.
While the premise caught my attention right off, the ease of the read and the success of the master plan Mr Horner laid out was funny. I’m sure a live audience found a lot of humor in the unfolding of the events.
The video of this will be very interesting. I’m expecting a lot and I hope to not be let down!
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What a strange plan indeed that more women would be attracted to poor Mr. Horner! Definitely the play was sexually centered. Women did not have any problem sharing themselves with their husbands and lovers. If you enjoyed reading the play you will like the video. It brings it all together especially the large amount of characters.
ReplyDeleteI feel so right to point out that Adultery is a disease inherited from our forefathers. What a shame,as classy as this group of women are, they just had no problem disrespecting themselves and their spouses.May be except for Margery, she needed love, but with the wrong man,Mr Horner - not good enough.
ReplyDeleteHowillia, I think your post is perfect. Not trying to up my post count but I agree 100%
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