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Series of drama performances, ranging from experimental works to the Classics

John Vanbrugh

Jim Poyser

Julian Rhind-Tutt

Tom Mannion

Dave Hill

Saskia Reeves

Sarah Smart

Josie Lawrence

Tonia Chauvet

David Crellin

Alexander Delamere

Pauline Harris

Drama on 3: The Provok'd Wife

12/12/2004

The Provok'd Wife

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, The Provok'd Wife

An outspoken 18th-century comedy of sex, marriage, debauchery and revenge.

By John Vanburgh. An outspoken 18th-century comedy of sex, marriage, debauchery and revenge. With Julian Rhind-Tutt, Dave Hill, Josie Lawrence, Tom Mannion and Saskia Reeves.

The Provok'd Wife by John Vanbrugh
adapted by Jim Poyser
'What cloying meat is love when matrimony's the sauce to it?' A gloriously outspoken 18th-century comedy of sex, marriage, debauchery and revenge. Restoration comedy at its finest.
Vanbrugh's Restoration comedy is a bawdy romp through the destruction of a marriage and the promise of true love. Julian Rhind-Tutt stars as confirmed bachelor Heartfree.

Heartfree ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Constance ..... Tom Mannion
Sir John Brute ..... Dave Hill
Lady Brute ...... Saskia Reeves
Belinda ....... Sarah Smart
Lady Fanciful ....... Josie Lawrence
Claudette ...... Tonia Chauvet
Colonel Bully ..... David Crellin
Lord Rake/Justice ..... Alexander Delamere

Produced and directed by Pauline Harris.

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