The Provok'd Wife
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 27, 2004
Closed Dec 26, 2004
Opened Nov 27, 2004
Closed Dec 26, 2004
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The American Repertory Theatre presents John Vanbrugh's The Provok'd Wife, a dazzling comedy about the drastic steps a wealthy couple will take to spice up their marriage. Mark Wing-Davey directs.
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Newly affluent and enleisured, the swells of post-Restoration England were desperate for divertissements. Into the breach leapt John Vanbrugh. Imprisoned as a young soldier and accused spy in France in 1688-92, he's rumored to have kept himself amused during his Bastille sojourn by drafting The Provok'd Wife, a farce about contemporary marital mores -- or rather, the lack thereof.
In 1697, the play took London by storm. As rendered by the American Repertory Theatre, it remains as fresh (in the transgressive sense) as ever. Though A.R.T. has never before assayed a Restoration comedy in its 25-year history, the company has shown a steady penchant for modernist kink; here, that penchant pays [...]