Bawdy Restoration-era comedy set for CU stage
The University of Colorado's Department of Theatre and Dance is proud to present William Wycherley’s English restoration comedy “The Country Wife.”
Banned for 170 years for 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, the notorious womanizer Harry Horner plans an outrageous deception to gain unrivalled pleasures with as many ladies of high society as possible.
The aptly named Horner hatches his scurrilous plan to gain access to and 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.
Directed by Lynn Nichols and presented by the students at the University of Colorado at Boulder, tickets for this University Theatre production are now on sale.
For online ticket sales and a map of the campus go to www.cutheatre.org.
The 411:
University Theatre
February 11-13, 17-20at 7:30 p.m.
Matinee Feb. 21 at 2 p.m.
General public tickets are $15
Student tickets are $12
Box Office: 303-492-8181
Tickets online at www.cutheatre.org
Banned for 170 years for 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, the notorious womanizer Harry Horner plans an outrageous deception to gain unrivalled pleasures with as many ladies of high society as possible.
The aptly named Horner hatches his scurrilous plan to gain access to and 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.
Directed by Lynn Nichols and presented by the students at the University of Colorado at Boulder, tickets for this University Theatre production are now on sale.
For online ticket sales and a map of the campus go to www.cutheatre.org.
The 411:
University Theatre
February 11-13, 17-20at 7:30 p.m.
Matinee Feb. 21 at 2 p.m.
General public tickets are $15
Student tickets are $12
Box Office: 303-492-8181
Tickets online at www.cutheatre.org