The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last, doomed decade, the 1890s. They remain among the most-loved, and most-quoted, of all drama in the English language. Along with Salome, his darkly decadent dramatization of the Bible story, these immortal plays have continued to pack theatres to this day, and have been adapted for every kind of media. The plays were originally published in book form at Wilde's own insistence, the better to spread his genius wide.
Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, with an Afterword by Ned Halley.
- ISBN10 1909621129
- ISBN13 9781909621121
- Publish Date 1 April 2014
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 April 2017
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 472
- Language English