![]() ![]() Cheveley, an old social friend, tries to blackmail Sir Robert, and the plot is afoot. The action begins at a dinner party hosted by Sir Robert Chiltern, a member of Parliament and one of the leaders of the prime minister’s coalition. ![]() The play examines the lives of London’s 1890s elite and the intersection between their personal and public lives. An Ideal Husband contains that element and also adds a story about political corruption, insider trading and blackmail. ![]() Wilde’s witty comedies, Earnest, Lady Windermere’s Fan and A Woman of No Importance, satirized the behavior of Victorian society. It is an eloquent plea for individual expression in the face of Victorian conformity. But An Ideal Husband is a more ambitious and, I would argue, a more interesting play. Some critics say that this isn’t as good a play as Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.Ĭlearly, it hasn’t been produced as often. ![]()
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