{"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":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>The lilac-purple and daffodil-yellow hues spied on campus this weekend aren&rsquo;t necessarily spring flowers. They also could be spectacular pastel wigs donned by talented students in University of Mary Washington Theatre&rsquo;s production of the saucy 1675 satire&nbsp;<em>The Country Wife<\/em>.<\/p><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='{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 5D Mark III\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1554752012\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"139\",\"iso\":\"400\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.004\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' 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 &rsquo;21 stars as Sir Jasper Fidget and Victoria Fortune &rsquo;20 stars as Lady Fidget in UMW&rsquo;s production of &ldquo;The Country Wife.&rdquo; Students spent a semester making period costumes for the show, onstage at Klein Theatre through April 20. Photo by Geoff Greene.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>&ldquo;The costumes are, indeed, stunning &ndash; brightly colored and 17th century in design,&rdquo; said Professor of Theatre Helen Housley, who directs the show.<\/p><p>Students spent a semester weaving resplendent fabrics in jeweled tones into costumes designed by Associate Professor Kevin McCluskey. <em>The Country Wife&nbsp;<\/em>also features period-appropriate theatrical methods and lush scenery &ndash; all created in-house. With a cast of nearly 20, Housley said, it&rsquo;s &ldquo;an ambitious undertaking&rdquo; for the department.<\/p><p>The show, which concludes UMW Theatre&rsquo;s 2018-19 season, kicks off tonight with a Pay-What-You-Can Preview Performance in duPont Hall&rsquo;s 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><p>William Wycherley&rsquo;s 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&rsquo;s cover is almost blown when the beautiful and na&iuml;ve Margery Pinchwife becomes smitten with him. Considered inappropriate for 18th- and 19th-century audiences, <em>The Country Wife&nbsp;<\/em>was banned for nearly two centuries due to its coarse language and sexual innuendos.<\/p><div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":7,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/the-country-wife-to-woo-audiences-with-elaborate-costumes\\\/\",\"likes_blog_id\":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='{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 5D Mark III\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1554752854\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"105\",\"iso\":\"800\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.003125\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' 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&amp;h=487&amp;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 '19 (brown vest), Nathan Marshak '22, Jackson Miles '20 (teal), Ethan Pearson '22\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Stephen Nickens &rsquo;19 (brown vest), Nathan Marshak &rsquo;22, Jackson Miles &rsquo;20 (teal), Ethan Pearson &rsquo;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='{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 5D Mark III\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1554752589\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"91\",\"iso\":\"250\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.004\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' 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&amp;h=242&amp;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 '20 (teal), Ethan Pearson '22, Justin Flemming '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 &rsquo;20 (teal), Ethan Pearson &rsquo;22, Justin Flemming &rsquo;22 plays Mr. Sparkish in &ldquo;The Country Wife,&rdquo; 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='{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 5D Mark III\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1554751911\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"113\",\"iso\":\"320\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.004\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' 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&amp;h=241&amp;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 '19 plays Harry Horner, Nathan Marshak '22 plays Horner's manservant, and Tommy Kelleher '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 &rsquo;19 plays Harry Horner, Nathan Marshak &rsquo;22 plays Horner&rsquo;s manservant, and Tommy Kelleher &rsquo;21 plays Sir Jasper Fidget in &ldquo;The Country Wife,&rdquo; 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='{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 5D Mark III\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1554751951\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"128\",\"iso\":\"320\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.003125\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' 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&amp;h=181&amp;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 '20 (left) is Lady Fidget and Sarah Green '19 is Mistress Dainty Fidget in UMW's production of &quot;The Country Wife.&quot; Jake Dodges '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 &rsquo;20 (left) is Lady Fidget and Sarah Green &rsquo;19 is Mistress Dainty Fidget in UMW&rsquo;s production of &ldquo;The Country Wife.&rdquo; Jake Dodges &rsquo;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='{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 5D Mark III\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1554752014\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"157\",\"iso\":\"400\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.004\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' 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&amp;h=181&amp;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 '19 as Mr. Harry Horner and Jake Dodges '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 &rsquo;19 as Mr. Harry Horner and Jake Dodges &rsquo;20 as Quack, take the Klein Theatre stage in &ldquo;The Country Wife.&rdquo; 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='{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 5D Mark III\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1554752388\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"98\",\"iso\":\"500\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.003125\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' 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&amp;h=181&amp;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 '22, Stephen Nickens '19, Jackson Miles '20 (teal)\" style=\"width: 271px; height: 181px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Nathan Marshak &rsquo;22, Stephen Nickens &rsquo;19, Jackson Miles &rsquo;20 (teal) <\/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-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"271\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"181\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"89207\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5760,3840\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"2.8\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Canon EOS 5D Mark III\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1554751594\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"113\",\"iso\":\"1000\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.003125\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"TheCountryWife-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2.jpg?w=271&amp;h=181&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2.jpg 5760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/04\/TheCountryWife-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"271\" height=\"181\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"271\" data-original-height=\"181\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"TheCountryWife-2\" alt=\"Elissa Davis '21 acts as prompter in UMW's production of &quot;The Country Wife&quot; 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 &rsquo;21 acts as prompter in UMW&rsquo;s production of &ldquo;The Country Wife&rdquo; at Klein Theatre, April 10 to 20. Photo by Geoff Greene. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div><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><p>&ldquo;It was a highly elaborate period for men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s fashions,&rdquo; Housley said. &ldquo;The costumes reflect the period well.&rdquo;<\/p><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 &rsquo;19 and choreography by Michayla Rice &rsquo;19.<\/p><p>After tonight&rsquo;s Pay-What-You-Can Preview show, performances of <em>The Country Wife&nbsp;<\/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&rsquo;s 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&rsquo;t necessarily spring flowers. They also could be spectacular pastel wigs donned by talented students in University of Mary Washington Theatre&rsquo;s production of the saucy 1675 satire&nbsp;The Country Wife.&ldquo;The costumes are, indeed, stunning &ndash; brightly colored and 17th century in design,&rdquo; said Professor of Theatre [&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 v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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&rsquo;t necessarily spring flowers. 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