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1. The CountryWife byWilliamWycherly

2.  Horner  rumour that he is sexually impotent
 Sir Jasper Fidget enters
 Becomes sure the rumour is true
 Entrusts Lady Fidget to Horner
 Jack Pinchwife enters
 He fears Horner will cuckold him
 Becomes obvious his attitude towards women
 He learns Horner saw his wife at the theather
 Becomes distressed and leaves

3.  Margery and Alethea speak
 Margery complains  Her husband’s jealousy and
how she admired the actors
 Pinchwife enters, tells her sombody liked her
 Margery is delighted
 Pinchwife locks her in a room
 Sparkish and Harcourt enter
 Sparkish shows off his wife
 Harcourt falls in love with her and starts flirting with
her
 Sparkish cannot realize this despite the efforts of
Alethea

4.  Fidgets enter to see Margery
 Pinchwife invents excuses to avoid
 Fidgets leave discussing jealous husbands and mistreted
women
 They conclude adultery is acceptable as long as it is secret
• Sir Jasper and Horner arrive
▪ Horner is assigned to escort the ladies
▪ They refuse
▪ In private Horner tells Lady Fidget that he is not impotent
▪ Lady fidget is delighted and they make an implicit plan to
be together

5.  Margery and Alethea talks about Pinchwife
 Pinchwife enters, wants to get rid of them
 Margery protests and convinces him to go out in the city in
disguise as a young boy
 New ExchangeTheater :
 Harcourt tells his friend he is in love with Alethea, wants to
avoid her marriage
 Horner advises him to use Sparkish to approach her In the next
scene, Horner, Harcourt, and Dorilant stand bantering in the
New Exchange. Harcourt confesses that he is in love with
Alethea and needs a way of preventing her marriage to
Sparkish. Horner advises him to use Sparkish himself as a cover
for making advances to Alethea. Sparkish himself then
approaches, and soon Pinchwife enters with Alethea and the
disguised Margery.

6.  Pinchwife, Margery and Alethea enter
 Horner recognizes Margery and approaches her
 Pinchwife cannot intervene in order to not to blow her cover
 Harcourt expresses his love to Alethea in front of Sparkish
 Alethea goes mad because her prospective husband is not
aware of that
 Pinchwife turns his back and Horner takes Margery away
 Pinchwife searches for her
 She returs with gifts from Horner
 He suspects he has been cuckolded
 Sir Jasper enters to unite Lady Fidget with Horner

7.  Lucy is dressing Alethea for wedding, but she disapproves the
wedding
 She favours Harcourt for her mistress
 They discuss about honor
 Sparkish and Harcourt enter
 Harcourt is in disguise as a parson
 Alethea notices, wants Sparkish to know
 She fails, eventually the wedding takes place
 Pinchwife and Margery talk about her relationship with Horner
 He realizes he is not cuckolded
 Wants to take further precautions
 Forces Margery to write a letter about how much she hates Horner
 But Margery changes the letter quickly, sends a love letter instead

8.  Lady Fidget enters for a sexual encounter with
Horner
 Sir Jasper catches them
 Lady Fidget convinces her husband that she was just
making sure if Horner was “ticklish”
 Sir Jasper still objects since she should be shopping
for china
 Lady Fidget again convinces her husband that Horner
is an expert on china
 She moves into another room
 Horner follows her pretending he wants to protect his
china collection

9.  Pinchwife enters
 Gives Margery’s letter to Horner
 Horner pretends to read a letter of Hatred
 Pinchwife warns him not to cuckold him
 Pinchwife re-enters with Sparkish
 They discuss the invalidity of Sparkish’s marriage
 Horner is disappointed for the sake of Harcourt
 Then he is invited for a dinner by Sparkish
 He accepts on condition that Margery will be there

10.  Pinchwife catches Margery writing a love letter to Horner
 She finishes it in Alethea’s name to save herself
 She makes a plan to meet Horner
 Goes in disguise asAlethea to Horner’s place, wearing a mask
 In Covent Garden
 Pinchwife informs Sparkish about the letter
 Sparkish is insulted and insultsAlethea
 Alethea concludes she was deceived all the time for having a good
nature.
 Horner’s place
 Fidgets arrive
 Margery is in the other room
 Lady Fidget tells the others about her affair with Horner
 They accept sharing him

11.  Pinchwife, Alethea, Harcourt, Sparkish, Luch and
a Parson enter
 They want Horner to admit his affair with Alethea
 Horner admits, to protect Margery
 Harcourt wants Horner to tell the truth because
Alethea is offended.
 Margery says the parson should marry her and
Horner
 Pinchwife draws his sword but restrained by Harcourt
 Sir Jasper enters, amused by Horner’s cuckolding
everyone

12.  The quack enters
 Again says Horner is impotent
 Sir Jasper accepts
 Pinchwife is suspicious
 Margery objects, other ladies cool her down
 Final Part :
 Harcourt is impatient to be a husband
 Both Pinchwives express distaste for marriage
 Lucy expresses Margery’s for Horner was just to anger
Pinchwife
 Margery unwillingly accepts this