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.
The focus of Wilson's attention in Fences is Troy, a 53-year-old head of household who struggles with providing for his family.The location is never specified but seems to be Pittsburgh as there are several references to some of its notable institutions.et in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson's ten-part  Pittsburgh Cycle . Like all of the Pittsburgh plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes.