The Constant Wife

W. Somerset Maugham’s sleek 1926 British drawing-room comedy of manners 'The Constant Wife' received a magnificent, star-powered Broadway revival at the American Airlines Theatre in 2005 under the auspices of the Roundabout Theatre Company, capturing multiple major Tony nominations. The crisp, sophisticated plot follows Constance Middleton, an elegant, fiercely intelligent high-society woman who calmly navigates the open secret of her husband’s extramarital affair with her best friend, executing a brilliant economic and romantic counter-strategy to secure her complete independent freedom. Directed by Mark Brokaw, the production starred Kate Burton, Lynn Redgrave, and Michael Cumpsty.