Who is the author of 'The Country Wife' (1675), a play notorious for its scandalous 'China Scene'?
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Correct answer: William Wycherley
William Wycherley wrote 'The Country Wife', considered one of the most cynical and sexually explicit examples of Restoration comedy. The 'China Scene' uses double entendre to mask a sexual encounter occurring offstage.
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