The Country Wife

References

  1. ^ a b Ogden, xxxiii.
  2. ^ Richardson Pack, Memoirs of Mr. Wycherley's Life (1728), 8; quoted by Ogden, 4.
  3. ^ Howe, 64.
  4. ^ Zimbardo 1965, p. 154.
  5. ^ Vieth, David M. “Wycherley’s The Country Wife: An Anatomy of Masculinity.” Papers on Language and Literature 2, no. 4 (fall 1966): 335–50.
  6. ^ a b c d Cohen, Derrick. “The Revengers’ Comedy: A Reading of The Country Wife.” Durham University Journal. 76 (1983): 33.
  7. ^ Kaufman, Anthony (Winter 1975). "Wycherley's The Country Wife and the Don Juan Character". Eighteenth-Century Studies. 9 (2): 216–31. doi:10.2307/2737598. JSTOR 2737598.
  8. ^ Holland, 73.
  9. ^ Friedman 1979, p. 242.
  10. ^ Kachur 2004, pp. 24–29.
  11. ^ See Ogden, xxix–xxx, and Wilson.
  12. ^ Thomas Betterton's description of Boutell, quoted by Ogden, xxx.
  13. ^ Howe, 181; note however that the records for this time are extremely incomplete.
  14. ^ a b Ogden, xxx.
  15. ^ Dixon, 430.
  16. ^ Howe, 20.
  17. ^ Pepys, quoted by Ogden, xxix.
  18. ^ Wilson.
  19. ^ The Plain Dealer, II.i.431–33, 442–44, quoted from Dixon (ed.), The Country Wife and Other Plays.
  20. ^ a b Friedman 1979, p. 243.
  21. ^ Dietz 2010, pp. 402–403.
  22. ^ Fisher, Philip. "The Country Wife". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  23. ^ Ogden, xxxiv.
  24. ^ Dietz 2010, pp. 271–272.
  25. ^ "Programme Index: Drama on 3: The Country Wife". BBC. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  26. ^ Kachur 2004, p. 144.
  27. ^ Hunt 1840, pp. xxi–xxii.
  28. ^ Dobrée, 94.
  29. ^ Burke, 239.
  30. ^ Sedgwick 1985, p. 57.
  31. ^ Sedgwick 1985, pp. 62–63.
  32. ^ Canfield, 129.

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