The Country Wife

This play was written in 1675 but is still frequently performed in both Europe and the United States. Do you think that the play has stood the test of time? What feels particularly dated? What remains relevant? What do you think would need updating and how would you achieve that?

If you had to elicit a moral lesson from the play, what do you think it would be? What evidence from the text supports this lesson? Who exemplifies this moral lesson?

Which character in the play do you find to be the most sympathetic and why? Who is the most hateful? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.