The London Cuckolds
The London Cuckolds, penned by the Restoration-era playwright Edward Ravenscroft, might be best described as "a 17th-century sex comedy." The plot centers on three married couples. The husbands each claim that they have hit upon the most effective method of keeping a wife virtuous. The first husband, Alderman Wiseacres, has chosen the young orphan Peggy as his future wife and has had the child reared in seclusion, without any knowledge of "Boys." Now that she is fourteen he plans to marry her and instruct her in the duties of marriage himself. The second husband, Alderman Doodle, argues that only a witty wife (like his own Arabella) has the sense to keep away pursuing suitors. The third husband, the scrivener Dashwell, contends that only a Godly and religious wife like his Eugenia can be trusted to keep away from other men. Unbeknownst to the husbands, three lusty young bachelors have their eyes on Peggy, Arabella, and Eugenia, and the wives are only too willing to play along. Misbehavior and mayhem ensues. . .
"Delivering lively innuendoes and puns, the Bedlam cast masters the complicated verbal pace without ever dragging. The actors deliver crude, clear, funny lines, first written in 1681, without stilted diction . . ." (Read more reviews)
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