Oscar Wilde’s social comedy, An Ideal Husband, has charmed and challenged audiences since its glamorous London opening in 1895, which the Prince of Wales attended. When a prominent politician is blackmailed over a youthful indiscretion, society is forced to examine whether idealized notions of goodness and morality serve to uphold society or become tools of destruction. In the context of contemporary quests to grapple with the past honestly, Wilde’s sparkling and profound play i...
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Contents
The Persons of the Playvii
The Scenes of the Playviii
Theatre Royal, Haymarketix
First Act1
Second Act36
Third Act67
Fourth Act93
Afterword by Ulr...
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Ulrich Baer holds degrees from Harvard and Yale, has been awarded Guggenheim, Getty, and Humboldt fellowships, and is University Professor at New York Universi...