Word: cuckolded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been in public life for 31 years," the former Republican senator from Wyoming said with a smile, and "I've been called a left-wing pinko and a rightwing cuckold...and I'm the same...
...second play, The Imaginary Cuckold, is even briefer, but busier and more satisfying. Bedford, this time with a wisp of flyaway red hair, is a mistrustful married man who thinks his wife (Suzanne Bertish) is having an affair with a young swain (David Aaron Baker) who, in turn, thinks his fianca is secretly married to Bedford. That's only about half the misunderstandings in this cramped, convoluted farce, but director Michael Langham keeps the threads from tangling and knits them into one expert, entertaining weave...
...spied a woman bathing and summoned her (nudge, wink) to his royal presence. After Bathsheba told him she had become pregnant, the King 1) tried to trick her husband, a loyal if unimaginative soldier, into sleeping with his wife and 2) when that failed, arranged for the unwitting cuckold to be placed in optimum jeopardy during a battle with the Ammonites. Shocking stuff, told with no holds barred in the Old Testament...
...lovers' talk is smart, witty and direct -- an eavesdropper's fantasy. The posterotic mood is sophisticated; the mature pair give each other plenty of latitude and genuine affection. There are other voices in other rooms: a Czech woman and her husband, who accuses Philip of making him a cuckold. More confusion and explanations...