The female charecters in "The Country Wife"

Margery Pinchwife

The attractive young “country wife” of the title

Alethea Pinchwife

The younger sister of Jack Pinchwife

Lucy

Alethea’s clever and sensible maidservant.

Lady Fidget

The wife of Sir Jasper Fidget

Dainty Fidget

The unmarried sister of Sir Jasper Fidget

Mistress Squeamish

A young unmarried woman related to the Fidgets. Like Lady Fidget, she is a member of “the virtuous gang” and secretly a conquest of Horner’s.

Old Lady Squeamish

The grandmother of Mistress Squeamish;

Margery Pinchwife

The attractive young “country wife” of the title, Margery is newly married to Jack Pinchwife and is visiting London for the first time to see Alethea’s wedding. Unaccustomed to city ways, she is largely guileless and not overwhelmingly bright but perhaps not so incapable of intrigue as she first appears. Her unrefined sexual vitality and all-around naturalness contrast with the hyper-civilized corruption of the Londoners around her.

Alethea Pinchwife

The younger sister of Jack Pinchwife, who wants to marry her off for financial reasons. She is engaged to Sparkish, whom she values because he appears incapable of jealousy; in the course of the play, however, she attracts the amorous attentions of Harcourt, whom she begins to value for his intelligence and gallantry. Alethea is the most straightforwardly admirable person in the play: her residence in London and enjoyment of the pleasures of the town have sharpened her wits but not dulled her morals.

Lucy

Alethea’s clever and sensible maidservant. She is skeptical of her mistress’s plans to marry the vapid Sparkish, and she is resourceful in coming up with schemes to encourage a match with Harcourt.

Lady Fidget

The wife of Sir Jasper Fidget, she is much younger than her husband and a leading figure in “the virtuous gang.” Utterly hypocritical, she piques herself on her virtue in public and avails herself of Horner’s physical charms in private. Late in the play she articulates a defense of the hypocrisy of high-born ladies.

Dainty Fidget

The unmarried sister of Sir Jasper Fidget. Like Lady Fidget, she is a member of “the virtuous gang” and secretly a conquest of Horner’s.

Mistress Squeamish

A young unmarried woman related to the Fidgets. Like Lady Fidget, she is a member of “the virtuous gang” and secretly a conquest of Horner’s.

Old Lady Squeamish

The grandmother of Mistress Squeamish; she strives in vain to preserve her granddaughter’s purity.