Scorn is a shortening of Old French escarn, of Germanic origin. The phrase hell hath no fury like a woman scorned is a version of a line in William Congreve's 1697 play The Mourning Bride : âHeav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'dâ.
Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. Two hours, 30 minutes. $20-$58. (415) 388-5208. www.marintheatre.org. The passions in August Wilson's musical dialogue reach peaks of operatic intensity in the Marin Theatre Company Fences that opened Tuesday.
Fences Stars Viola Davis & Denzel Washington Win 2010 Tony Awards. News. by Broadway.com Staff â¢ Jun 13, 2010. Fences stars Denzel Washington and Viola Davis took home the leading actor and actress in a play 2010 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall, both thanking God for their good fortune. âI donât believe in luck or happenstance,â said Davis.