New Mermaids
2 primary works • 4 total works
Book 21
Oscar Wilde was already one of the best-known literary figures in Britain when he was persuaded to turn his extraordinary talents to the theatre. Between 1891 and 1895 he produced a sequence of distinctive plays which spearheaded the dramatic renaissance of the 1890s and retain their power today. This collection offers newly edited texts of Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, Salome, An Ideal Husband, and, arguably the greatest farcical comedy in English, The Importance of Being Earnest.
Book 432
When Sir Robert Chiltern is threatened with blackmail and the ruin of his political career, his only escape is to turn the tables on the blackmailer. This play blends farce and morality to explore human frailty and social hypocrisy.
Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?
A deliciously airily irresponsible comedy. Such is the "The Importance Of Being Earnest," the most personally characteristic expression of Wilde's art, and the last of the dramatic productions written under his own name. The dialogue has all the sparkle of bubbles from a gushing spring, and is brimful of quaint conceits and diverting paradoxes Biographical Summary to get to know the great character and life of Wilde.Oscar Wilde's Trajectory and his culmination with this play.On "The importance of Being Earnest"; reception of the play in its day and why it became a classic.House Decoration, With Observations upon Dress and Personal Ornaments witty Wilde's lecture to build our image of him and his stage.COMPLETE ORIGINAL PLAY.