Scheming lovers, bitter aunts, and fake servants—Restoration comedy chaos where everyone's playing 4D chess in wigs.
In order for Millamant and Mirabell to get married and receive Millamant's full dowry, Mirabell must receive the blessing of Millamant's aunt, Lady Wishfort. Unfortunately, she is a very bitter lady, who despises Mirabell and wants her own nephew, Sir Wilfull, to wed Millamant.
Writing
Congreve's razor-sharp couplets land like verbal slapstick.
Acting
Sheila Allen's bitter aunt steals every scene she's in.
Costume
Exquisite 18th-century excess that screams 'untrustworthy'.
Director
Peter Duguid
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