Not one for Puritans
BCT to stage 17th-century English comedy
- Published: 20 Sep 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Life
Those of us who live in Bangkok know it to be a quiet, demure, wholesome city; agreed? That could all change when Bangkok Community Theatre (BCT) brings a debauched London of 300 years ago to town, with their latest production entitled The Country Wife.
Members of the BCT cast who will be staging William Wycherley’s Restoration comedy The Country Wife early next month.
The play is being produced with the generous support of Shrewsbury International School. The playwright, William Wycherley, was born near Shrewsbury, England, in 1640. He relished the new-found freedom when theatres re-opened following the restoration of the British monarchy after the end of an 18-year period of puritanical parliamentary rule.
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