THE COUNTRY WIFE

By William Wycherly
Director: Lynn Nichols

University Theatre
Feb 11-13 & 17-20 at 7:30pm
Feb 21 at 2:00pm

Enjoy complimentary refreshments opening weekend compliments of Whole Foods & Izze

Banned for 170 years because of its promiscuous plot and language so bawdy it would have made Shakespeare blush, William Wycherly's 1675 farce The Country Wife has returned to popularity. Set in 17th-century London, Harry Horner, a notorious womanizer, plans an outrageous deception to gain unrivaled pleasures with the ladies of fashionable society. The aptly named Horner hatches his scurrilous plan to bed the upper crust ladies of London by feigning impotence. Convinced he is harmless, the city's stuffed shirts allow him ready access to their wives while the "virtuous" wives are quite delighted to have an acceptable cover for their clandestine affairs.