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.
UPDATE: Now I hear Denzel Washington is considering directing a film version of Fences. (Bravo!) The last time he helmed a pic was The Great Debaters in 2007 and, of course, Antwone Fisher in 2002. The toughest thing when great movie stars head to Broadway is that their performances live in the moment.