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THE CONSTANT WIFE

January 22 - February 22, 2009  |  Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage

By Somerset Maugham
Starring Nicole Underhay, Mark Burgess, Ted Cole, Moya O’Connell, Bridget O’Sullivan, Celine Stubel, Mike Wasko, Katey Wright
Director Morris Panych
Set Design Ken MacDonald
Costume Design Nancy Bryant
Lighting Design Alan Brodie
Stage Manager Caryn Fehr
Assistant Stage Manager Anne Taylor

Why get mad when you can get even? In this classic comedy of marriage and revenge, the discovery of her husband's infidelity sparks in Constance some rather unusual behaviour!


VIDEO CLIPS

     
PLAY
Trailer
 PLAY
Morris Panych
Director
 PLAY
Nicole Underhay
& Ted Cole

REVIEWS

"From costumes to cast, Panych crafts a winner in The Constant Wife" - The Vancouver Sun [Read full review]

"Wife's revenge delicious" - The Province [Read full review]

"Deliciously witty, an antecedent to the women of Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City" - Variety

"A charming, light-hearted satirical comedy, jam-packed with the wit Maugham's works are famous for" - BBC

"Stimulating as well as enormously entertaining" - New York Daily News

"It makes you laugh, then it makes you think" - New York Magazine
 

AUDIENCE COMMENTS

"This show was hilarious. My sister and I went together to see it and laughed about it all the way home after the show. The acting is spectacular and the comedic timing impeccable. We also loved the 30s costumes...especially the shoes!" -Denise, Vancouver

More audience reviews

Bill's Notes for The Constant Wife  

Classics in Context: See it with Age of Arousal
Set 40 years after the close of Age of Arousal by Linda Griffiths, Somerset Maugham's The Constant Wife imagines the life of a married middle-class woman and precisely addresses the questions raised about the future of women's rights posed by Griffiths's characters. Looking at these plays side by side, we can examine the challenges of women's growing independence in the home and in society.


 

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