THE COUNTRY WIFE Closes at the Chernuchin Theatre, 7/18
By: BWW News Desk
Odyssey Productions presents a limited engagement of William Wycherley's 1675 Restoration Comedy The Country Wife, from July 9th to July 18th at the Chernuchin Theatre. The production will star Obie Award-Winner Meg MacCary (What Then at the Ohio Theatre), Kyle Minshew (Pinkalicious, Booth! The Musical), and Ron Bopst (‘Tis Pity She's a Whore, Bernadette and the Butcher of Broadway), and will be directed by Bradford Cover (The Pearl Theatre).
Harry Horner has a problem. His reputation as the "Lewdest fellow in town" means he isn't allowed anywhere near London's society women. So, he does what any reasonable man would do: he circulates a rumor that a disastrous case of VD has rendered him a eunuch. News of Horner's misfortune spreads quickly and soon aristocratic husbands are lining up to employ him as their wives' "innocent" chaperone. In brilliant Restoration style, Wycherley takes us along Horner's wild adventure through the drawing rooms of fashionable London; teeming with fops, rakehells, trollops and hypocrites who are all fair game in this tart satire. As much as we would like to think we have evolved since the 17th Century, The Country Wife shows us too easily that the sexual politics of Horner's era have much in common with our own.Videos