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.
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.