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.
Which means heâs also a first-class storyteller and a first-class self-deceiver, and that weâre going to hang on to his words. âFencesâ: The revival of August Wilsonâs play at the Cort Theater stars Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in a marriage brought to aching life. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.
Local tip for visitors to Omaha. The Omaha Community Playhouse is the nation's largest community theater, where, as an infant, Marlon Brando waited backstage while his mother starred in the opening show. Later Henry Fonda, Peter Fonda and Jane Fonda all appeared in OCP productions. Take in a show while in town.