THE CONSTANT WIFE
January 22 - February 22, 2009
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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!
"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
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.
