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Set in the 1690’s it has all the ingredients of classic comedy. Two pairs
of frustrated lovers, eccentric ladies of extreme fashion, cross dressing,
bullying husbands, brawls, chases, comic trials, conniving servants, music and
mayhem.
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"You men are unaccountable things; mad till you have your mistresses, and
then stark mad till you are rid of 'em again."
The Provoked Wife ( (1697))
act 4, sc. 4
"Comedy at its liveliest, with minimum staging and maximum energy"
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Sir John Brute and his wife despise each other. Lady Brute in turn
loves Constant, but refuses to consumate that love… much to the
consternation of the latter. Belinda harbours desires for Heartfree,
who in turn loves nobody… or so he says. In the meantime Lady Fancyfull
poses and preens …whilst loving only herself. Madamoiselle has eyes for
Razor…but with whom do his loyalties lie?
Will love remain unrequited? Will Sir John ever sober up? Will the
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