{"product_id":"the-provoked-wife-playtext","title":"The Provoked Wife Playtext","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this late Restoration comedy Vanbrugh not only pushes the unhappily \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emarried couple, which had been good for no more than a raucous subplot \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein earlier comedies of manners, centre-stage - he also makes the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaudience sympathise with the wife: The only thing Sir John and Lady \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrute agree on is that they ought not to have married each other; now \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehe spends his time in drunken debauchery with his cronies, while she \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etries to withstand the advances of her admirer Constant. After a series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof farcical accidents involving cross-dressing and the eternal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elover-in-the-wardrobe, the couple end where they began. Since the scene \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein which Sir John disguises as a clergyman was deemed ‘immoral and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprofane', an alternative scene (in its way equally profane) was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewritten, in which he disguises as his own wife. This edition provides\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eboth versions and discusses the play's continuing popularity on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Theatre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55450404716920,"sku":"9780713666656","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/9562\/5032\/files\/9780713666656.jpg?v=1770825294","url":"https:\/\/shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/products\/the-provoked-wife-playtext","provider":"National Theatre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}