The Country Wife (Oberon Modern Plays) - Softcover

Wycherley, William

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9781840025163: The Country Wife (Oberon Modern Plays)

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ISBN 10: 1840025166 ISBN 13: 9781840025163

Publisher: Oberon Books, 2005

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A new contemporary version of William Wycherley’s most famous classic by Tanika Gupta, one of Britain’s leading playwrights. Following Hardeep’s return to London, he begins broadcasting his newly invented celibate state in a bid to attract women. With this deception more than successful, he turns to the na�ve country wife, Preethi, to settle some unfinished business between old friends.

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Book Description:

Cambridge Literature is a series of literary texts edited for study by students aged 14-18 in English-speaking classrooms. It will include novels, poetry, short stories, essays, travel-writing and other non-fiction. The series will be extensive and open-ended, and will provide school students with a range of edited texts taken from a wide geographical spread. It will include writing in English from various genres and differing times.The Country Wife by William Wycherley is edited by Ken Bush, Denefield School, Reading

About the Author:

Tanika Gupta has written for theatre, radio, film and television. Her stage plays include "Voices in the Wind", "Skeleton", "On the Coach with Enoch", "Sanctuary" (also published by Oberon books) and "The Waiting Room", which won the John Whiting Award. She has also translated Brecht's "The Good Woman of Sezuan" and adapted Gita Mehta's "A River Sutra".

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