Well-Bred Revenge for 'Constant Wife' ; Marriage Institution Examined Over Tea

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The hanky-panky of such celebrities as Jude Law, Brangelina and Richie Sambora seems so skanky compared to the discreet rustling of underthings in Somerset Maugham's upper crust comedy, "The Constant Wife."

In Olney Theatre Center's refined and sprightly production, directed by John Going, sex lurks under every tufted cushion in the Middletons' tony London house. Not that you'd know it by the look of things. Instead of "The Constant Wife" being "Caligula" with finger bowls, everyone behaves beautifully, so beautifully that the highest accolade a man pays to a woman is "Darling, you're a brick."

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Well-Bred Revenge for 'Constant Wife' ; Marriage Institution Examined Over Tea

The brick in question is Constance Middleton (Julie-Ann Elliott), the self-possessed and privileged wife of a successful London surgeon. In Constance's 15 years of marriag...

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