Shakespeare Night Presents: We watch Wycherley's THE COUNTRY WIFE

THIS READING

We recently did an out-loud reading of William Wycherley's 1673 play THE COUNTRY WIFE. Now, we will watch the (I think) 1977 BBC production of the play, with Helen Mirren. In case you want to watch on your own, the YouTube link is https://youtu.be/HU915i1BlWc?si=kHKzLmgkCXLJxLus --Tom

IF YOU ARE NEW...
At these Zoom meetings, we take turns reading aloud, paragraph by paragraph if it's a prose work, speech by speech if it's a play. (That is, we don't assign parts.) If it's a poem, we make a decision based on the poetic form.

If you have not read with us before, RSVP on the Meetup.com page and click that you will attend online. Then please log into the zoom call by 7. If you are not on the RSVP list or you arrive too late, you will not be allowed in.

CURRENT SHAKESPEARE-NIGHT SCHEDULE
We generally read one work on the first and third Mondays and another work on the second and fourth Mondays.

• On the first and third Mondays of each month, Tom Frenkel will host.
• On the second and fourth Mondays of each month, Peter Shenkin will host.
• On the fifth Monday of a month (if there is one), we sometimes hold an "open mic", where participants are encouraged to sing a song, tell a joke, read a poem, or whatever. Sometimes we continue reading a work. And sometimes we take a vacation.

GENERAL INFORMATION
If you RSVP "Yes" to a Meetup, the Zoom link will be visible on the meetup.com event page.

We often have an informal discussion preceding and following the reading.

FUTURE READINGS

• 1st and 3rd Mondays:
• TBD
• 2nd and 4th Mondays:
• We will continue with Racine's Bérénice. We will probably finish in two readings.
• 5th Mondays:
• Next is Dec 29, 2025. TBD.