Lusty Laughs Prove Restoration Comedy Is Still in Rude Health ; First Night

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The Country Wife Theatre Royal Haymarket ..

THE course of true lust never did run smoothly, as Jonathan Kent's boisterous production of William Wycherley's sexmad Restoration comedy keeps zippily demonstrating though eros puts on a bit of a limp show. The Country Wife launches with a bang the Haymarket's valuable new policy of presenting 12-month seasons of plays chosen by a different artistic director each year.

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Lusty Laughs Prove Restoration Comedy Is Still in Rude Health ; First Night

The only disappointment is that six months of Kent's Haymarket tenure will be given over to yet another new musical. Still, it is good to see...

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