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Description edit
Five classic Oscar Wilde plays -- "Salomé," "The Importance of Being Earnest," "Lady Windermere's Fan," "An Ideal Husband," and "A Woman of No Importance" -- with introductory comments by Edgar Saltus.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde (Author)Wilde was both a glittering wordsmith and a social outsider. His drama emerges out of these two perhaps contradictory identities, combining epigrammatic brilliance and shrewd social observation. Includes "Lady Windermere's Fan", "Salome", "A...
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An Ideal Husband
by Oscar Wilde (Author)Wilde’s scintillating drawing-room comedy revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, and a formidable femme fatale exchange sparkling...
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Lady Windermere's Fan
by Oscar Wilde (Author)When "Lady Windermere's Fan" opened in 1892, it ran for 150 performances. The play contains many of Oscar Wilde's most quoted aphorisms. To this day, it continues to be revived frequently. The music supplementing the readings is by Beethoven...
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A Woman Of No Importance
by Oscar Wilde (Author)LADY HUNSTANTON. Politics are in a sad way everywhere, I am told. They certainly are in England. Dear Mr. Cardew is ruining the country. I wonder Mrs. Cardew allows him. I am sure, Lord Illingworth, you don't think that uneducated people should...
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Salomé
by Oscar Wilde (Author)Once banned, Salome is now rarely performed. Berkoff's new production has astonished audiences and this edition contains the original text together with Beardsley's fine illustrations and an introduction by Berkoff.
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- Mrs Arbuthnot
- Robert Chiltern
- Lord Illingworth
- Gerald Mother
- Mrs Allonby
- Mrs. Erlynne
- Jack Well
- Algernon Well
- Cecil Graham
- Gertrude
- Margaret
- Cecily
- Merriman
- Lady Chiltern
- Lady Markby
- Lady Caroline
- Gwendolen
- Goring
- Mr. Bunbury
- Bunbury
- Iokanaan
- Ernest
- Caversham
- Jack
- Miss Worsley
- Rachel
- Agatha
- Lady Stutfield
- Mabel Chiltern
- Algernon
- Dr Daubeny
- Mr. Hopper
- Mason
- Miss Cardew
- Jane
- Robert Chii
- Caesar
- Mamma
- Arthur
- Dr. Chasuble
- L. C.
- Algy
- R. C.
- Lane
- John
- Markby
- Parker
- Salome
- Rosalie
- Mr. Dumby
- Bunburying
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First Sentence edit
The play was first staged at the St James's Theatre, London, 20 February 1892.
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This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Oscar Wilde (Author)
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- Alyssa Harad
- Sylvan Barnet (Introduction)
- Vyvyan Holland (Contributor) - Essay "The Gribsby Episode"
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Page Count: 381
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- Dewey: 822.8
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