Constance Middleton is kind and rich, yet pitied by all her friends who know that her husband John is having an affair with her best friend. Constance ends up with the last laugh, however, in W. Somerset Maugham’s clever comedy about marriage, infidelity and female independence in 1920s London. Following a sold-out Dublin run, the Gate Theatre returns to Charleston with a crackling and highly polished production of The Constant Wife directed by Alan Stanford.