{"id":89206,"date":"2019-04-10T16:33:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T20:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=89206"},"modified":"2019-04-10T16:49:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T20:49:55","slug":"the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/10\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Country Wife&#8217; Woos Crowds With Elaborate Costumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lilac-purple and daffodil-yellow hues spied on campus this weekend aren\u2019t necessarily spring flowers. They also could be spectacular pastel wigs donned by talented students in University of Mary Washington Theatre\u2019s production of the saucy 1675 satire\u00a0<em>The Country Wife<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89215\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"89215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/10\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\/thecountrywife-13\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-13.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5760,3840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554752012&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;139&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TheCountryWife-13\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tommy Kelleher &amp;#8217;21 stars as Sir Jasper Fidget and Victoria Fortune &amp;#8217;20 stars as Lady Fidget in UMW&amp;#8217;s production of &amp;#8220;The Country Wife.&amp;#8221; UMW students spent a semester making the period costumes for the show, onstage at UMW&amp;#8217;s Klein Theatre through April 20. Photo by Geoff Greene.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-13-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-13-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-13-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Kelleher '21 stars as Sir Jasper Fidget and Victoria Fortune '20 stars as Lady Fidget in UMW's production of &quot;The Country Wife.&quot; UMW students spent a semester making the period costumes for the show, onstage at UMW's Klein Theatre through April 20. Photo by Geoff Greene.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-13-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-13-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-13-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-13-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-13-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-13-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tommy Kelleher &#8217;21 stars as Sir Jasper Fidget and Victoria Fortune &#8217;20 stars as Lady Fidget in UMW&#8217;s production of &#8220;The Country Wife.&#8221; Students spent a semester making period costumes for the show, onstage at Klein Theatre through April 20. Photo by Geoff Greene.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe costumes are, indeed, stunning \u2013 brightly colored and 17th century in design,\u201d said Professor of Theatre Helen Housley, who directs the show.<\/p>\n<p>Students spent a semester weaving resplendent fabrics in jeweled tones into costumes designed by Associate Professor Kevin McCluskey. <em>The Country Wife\u00a0<\/em>also features period-appropriate theatrical methods and lush scenery \u2013 all created in-house. With a cast of nearly 20, Housley said, it\u2019s \u201can ambitious undertaking\u201d for the department.<\/p>\n<p>The show, which concludes UMW Theatre\u2019s 2018-19 season, kicks off tonight with a Pay-What-You-Can Preview Performance in duPont Hall\u2019s Klein Theatre at 7:30. The <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/theatre\/klein-theatre\/box-office-hours\/\">box office<\/a> opens at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\n<p>William Wycherley\u2019s witty and ribald tale has lascivious rake Harry Horner claiming to be impotent as a scheme to bed the virtuous ladies of London society, right under the noses of their unsuspecting spouses. The seduction plot is successful at first, but the philandering playboy\u2019s cover is almost blown when the beautiful and na\u00efve Margery Pinchwife becomes smitten with him. Considered inappropriate for 18th- and 19th-century audiences, <em>The Country Wife\u00a0<\/em>was banned for nearly two centuries due to its coarse language and sexual innuendos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/10\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\/thecountrywife-30\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"487\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89214\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5760,3840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554752854&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TheCountryWife-30\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30.jpg?w=730&#038;h=487&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30.jpg 5760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-30-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"487\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"TheCountryWife-30\" alt=\"Stephen Nickens &#039;19 (brown vest), Nathan Marshak &#039;22, Jackson Miles &#039;20 (teal), Ethan Pearson &#039;22\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Stephen Nickens &#8217;19 (brown vest), Nathan Marshak &#8217;22, Jackson Miles &#8217;20 (teal), Ethan Pearson &#8217;22 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/10\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\/thecountrywife-24\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89213\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5760,3840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554752589&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;91&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TheCountryWife-24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24.jpg?w=362&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24.jpg 5760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-24-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"TheCountryWife-24\" alt=\"Jackson Miles &#039;20 (teal), Ethan Pearson &#039;22, Justin Flemming &#039;22 plays Mr. Sparkish in &quot;The Country Wife,&quot; onstage at Klein Theatre.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Jackson Miles &#8217;20 (teal), Ethan Pearson &#8217;22, Justin Flemming &#8217;22 plays Mr. Sparkish in &#8220;The Country Wife,&#8221; onstage at Klein Theatre. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/10\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\/thecountrywife-8\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89208\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5760,3840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554751911&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;113&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TheCountryWife-8\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8.jpg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8.jpg 5760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-8-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"TheCountryWife-8\" alt=\"(Left to right) Stephen Nickens &#039;19 plays Harry Horner, Nathan Marshak &#039;22 plays Horner&#039;s manservant, and Tommy Kelleher &#039;21 plays Sir Jasper Fidget in &quot;The Country Wife,&quot; onstage at UMW through April 20. Photo by Geoff Greene.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> (Left to right) Stephen Nickens &#8217;19 plays Harry Horner, Nathan Marshak &#8217;22 plays Horner&#8217;s manservant, and Tommy Kelleher &#8217;21 plays Sir Jasper Fidget in &#8220;The Country Wife,&#8221; onstage at UMW through April 20. Photo by Geoff Greene. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/10\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\/thecountrywife-11\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89210\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5760,3840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554751951&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;128&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TheCountryWife-11\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11.jpg?w=271&#038;h=181&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11.jpg 5760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-11-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"TheCountryWife-11\" alt=\"Victoria Fortune &#039;20 (left) is Lady Fidget and Sarah Green &#039;19 is Mistress Dainty Fidget in UMW&#039;s production of &quot;The Country Wife.&quot; Jake Dodges &#039;20 (background) plays Quack in the show, onstage at Klein Theatre through April 20. Photo by Geoff Greene.\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Victoria Fortune &#8217;20 (left) is Lady Fidget and Sarah Green &#8217;19 is Mistress Dainty Fidget in UMW&#8217;s production of &#8220;The Country Wife.&#8221; Jake Dodges &#8217;20 (background) plays Quack in the show, onstage at Klein Theatre through April 20. Photo by Geoff Greene. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/10\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\/thecountrywife-14\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89211\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5760,3840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554752014&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;157&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TheCountryWife-14\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14.jpg?w=271&#038;h=181&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14.jpg 5760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-14-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"TheCountryWife-14\" alt=\"Stephen Nickens &#039;19 as Mr. Harry Horner and Jake Dodges &#039;20 as Quack, take the Klein Theatre stage in &quot;The Country Wife.&quot; Photo by Geoff Greene.\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Stephen Nickens &#8217;19 as Mr. Harry Horner and Jake Dodges &#8217;20 as Quack, take the Klein Theatre stage in &#8220;The Country Wife.&#8221; Photo by Geoff Greene. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 275px; height: 185px;\" data-original-width=\"275\" data-original-height=\"185\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/10\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\/thecountrywife-19\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89212\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5760,3840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1554752388&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;98&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TheCountryWife-19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19.jpg?w=271&#038;h=181&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19.jpg 5760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-19-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"TheCountryWife-19\" alt=\"Nathan Marshak &#039;22, Stephen Nickens &#039;19, Jackson Miles &#039;20 (teal)\" style=\"width: 271px; 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at Klein Theatre, April 10 to 20. Photo by Geoff Greene.\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Elissa Davis &#8217;21 acts as prompter in UMW&#8217;s production of &#8220;The Country Wife&#8221; at Klein Theatre, April 10 to 20. Photo by Geoff Greene. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>The production examines the hypocrisies of marriage and relationships in Restoration Era England, where there was an abandonment of moral behavior and a backlash against Puritanism after King Charles II assumed the throne in 1660. Returning from his exile in France, the king also brought to England a fondness for traditional French couture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a highly elaborate period for men\u2019s and women\u2019s fashions,\u201d Housley said. \u201cThe costumes reflect the period well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor Michael Benson created the scenery, employing a pulley method similar to what would have been used in Restoration Era theatre productions. Sound design was done by Associate Professor Julie Hodge, lighting design by Melanie Wisner \u201919 and choreography by Michayla Rice \u201919.<\/p>\n<p>After tonight\u2019s Pay-What-You-Can Preview show, performances of <em>The Country Wife\u00a0<\/em>take place April 11-13 and April 17-20 at 7:30 p.m., and April 14 and 20 at 2 p.m. in duPont Hall\u2019s Klein Theatre. Tickets cost $20 for general admission, $16 for non-UMW students, senior citizens, alumni and military, and $8 for students with a UMW ID. AfterWords, a post-show talkback with the cast, will take place following the matinee performance on April 14. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Klein Theatre Box Office at 540-654-1111 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredtix.com\/\">fredtix.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lilac-purple and daffodil-yellow hues spied on campus this weekend aren\u2019t necessarily spring flowers. They also could be spectacular pastel wigs donned by talented students in University of Mary Washington Theatre\u2019s production of the saucy 1675 satire\u00a0The Country Wife. \u201cThe costumes are, indeed, stunning \u2013 brightly colored and 17th century in design,\u201d said Professor of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1236,"featured_media":89216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[704],"tags":[],"topics":[5148],"class_list":{"0":"post-89206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"topic-learning-impact","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;The Country Wife&#039; Woos Crowds With Elaborate Costumes - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/10\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;The Country Wife&#039; Woos Crowds With Elaborate Costumes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The lilac-purple and daffodil-yellow hues spied on campus this weekend aren\u2019t necessarily spring flowers. 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