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.
Paramount Dates Denzel Washingtonâs Feature Adaptation Of âFencesâ. Paramount has staked out a date in the heart of awards season to launch the big-screen version of August Wilsonâs Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning play Fences, which Denzel Washington is directing and starring in alongside Viola Davis, Mykelti Williamson and Russell Hornsby.