{"product_id":"the-provoked-wife-9780713666656","title":"The Provoked Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Vanbrugh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: A\u0026amp;C Black\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: A\u0026amp;C Black\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this late Restoration comedy Vanbrugh not only pushes the unhappily\u003cbr\u003emarried couple, which had been good for no more than a raucous subplot\u003cbr\u003ein earlier comedies of manners, centre-stage - he also makes the\u003cbr\u003eaudience sympathise with the wife: The only thing Sir John and Lady\u003cbr\u003eBrute agree on is that they ought not to have married each other; now\u003cbr\u003ehe spends his time in drunken debauchery with his cronies, while she\u003cbr\u003etries to withstand the advances of her admirer Constant. After a series\u003cbr\u003eof farcical accidents involving cross-dressing and the eternal\u003cbr\u003elover-in-the-wardrobe, the couple end where they began. Since the scene\u003cbr\u003ein which Sir John disguises as a clergyman was deemed 'immoral and\u003cbr\u003eprofane', an alternative scene (in its way equally profane) was\u003cbr\u003ewritten, in which he disguises as his own wife. This edition provides\u003cbr\u003eboth versions and discusses the play's continuing popularity on the\u003cbr\u003estage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A\u0026C Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087574687895,"sku":"9780713666656","price":899.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780713666656.webp?v=1767640614","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-provoked-wife-9780713666656","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}