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.
Finished in 2005, only months before the playwright's tragic death at the age of 60, the cycle stands as one of the foremost achievements in the American theater. The original Broadway production of Fences opened in 1987. It earned 4 Tony Awards that year, including Best Play and Best Actor for James Earl Jones (in the role now being tackled by Mr. Washington).