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An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

Oscar Wilde's classic play exploring blackmail, political corruption, and conceptions of honor.

Although Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) created a wide range of poetry, essays, and fairy tales (and one novel) in his brief, tragic life, he is perhaps best known as a dramatist. His witty, clever drama, populated by brilliant talkers skilled in the art of riposte and paradox, are... Read Full Overview

A new, beautifully laid-out edition of Oscar Wilde's classic play. An Ideal Husband is Oscar Wilde's comedic play about the secrets of politics and marriage. Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful politician whose perfect life is threatened when a mysterious woman, Mrs. Cheveley,... Read Full Overview

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An Ideal Husband - A Play by Oscar Wilde, is a tale about blackmail and political corruption, touching on the themes of public and private honour. Oscar Wilde is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time, this is an exceptional work and definitely one to add to... Read Full Overview

"An Ideal Husband" is a play in four acts by Oscar Wilde. The narrative revolves around a Government minister named Sir Robert Chiltern whose successful career and happy marriage life are put under threat with the arrival into London society of Mrs. Cheveley, who appears to have... Read Full Overview

One of the nineteenth century's most successful and most frequently revived plays, An Ideal Husband has divided critics more than any other of Wilde's plays. Treating political intrigue, financial fraud, blackmail, scandal and spin, and the role of women in public life,... Read Full Overview

The play opens during a dinner party at the home of Sir Robert Chiltern in London's fashionable Grosvenor Square. Sir Robert, a prestigious member of the House of Commons, and his wife, Lady Chiltern, are hosting a gathering that includes his friend Lord Goring, a dandified bachelor... Read Full Overview

One of the wittiest and most cynical plays by Oscar Wilde, first staged in 1890, An Ideal Husband is a story about appearance over substance, power and seduction, blackmailing and political corruption in Victorian London. In fact, a play whose theme and observations remain actual... Read Full Overview

Si Sir Robert Chiltern es ahora Secretario de Estado de Asuntos Exteriores, es porque ha sabido mantener en secreto el origen de su fortuna: una transacci n fraudulenta por la que vendi secretos de estado al Bar n Arnehim. Toda la alta sociedad inglesa y sus pares de la C mara... Read Full Overview

Wilde's subtle satire of the British hypocrisy of the late 1800s toys with the vulnerability of public figures and the powerful playing card of dirty secrets. "An Ideal Husband" portrays the delicate balance between righteousness, love, and betrayal, and serves it up with a generous... Read Full Overview

Si Sir Robert Chiltern es ahora Secretario de Estado de Asuntos Exteriores, es porque ha sabido mantener en secreto el origen de su fortuna: una transacci n fraudulenta por la que vendi secretos de estado al Bar n Arnehim. Toda la alta sociedad inglesa y sus pares de la C mara... Read Full Overview

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 stage play by Oscar Wilde that revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours.Although... Read Full Overview

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours... Read Full Overview

An Ideal Husband - A Play by Oscar Wilde - An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes... Read Full Overview