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An Ideal Husband
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A polished comedy about political reputation, old secrets, and moral compromise.
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An Ideal Husband
Sir Robert Chiltern’s perfect public image cracks when an old secret returns; Wilde turns marriage, ambition, blackmail, and forgiveness into elegant social comedy.
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An Ideal Husband
Oscar Wilde
Act I. The Octagon Room in Sir Robert Chiltern’s House in Grosvenor Square.
Act II. Morning-room in Sir Robert Chiltern’s House.
Act III. The Library of Lord Goring’s House in Curzon Street.
Act IV. Same as Act II.
Time: The Present
Place: London.
The action of the play is completed within twenty-four hours.
Preview chapterTHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKETPreview
Sole Lessee: Mr. Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Managers: Mr. Lewis Waller and Mr. H. H. Morell
January 3 rd, 1895
The Earl of Caversham
Mr. Alfred Bishop.
Viscount Goring
Mr. Charles H. Hawtrey.
Sir Robert Chiltern
Mr. Lewis Waller.
Vicomte de Nanjac
Mr. Cosmo Stuart.
Mr. Montford
Mr. Harry Stanford.
Phipps
Mr. C. H. Brookfield.
Mason
Mr. H. Deane.
James
Mr. Charles Meyrick.
Harold
Mr. Goodhart.
Lady Chiltern
Miss Julia Neilson.
Lady Markby
Miss Fanny Brough.
Countess of Basildon
Miss Vane Featherston.
Mrs. Marchmont
Miss Helen Forsyth.
Miss Mabel Chiltern
Miss Maud Millet.
Mrs. Cheveley
Miss Florence West.
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- 02THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET
- 03FIRST ACT
- 04SCENE
- 05SECOND ACT
- 06SCENE
- 07THIRD ACT
- 08SCENE
- 09FOURTH ACT
- 10SCENE
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