description: Wilde's drama engages issues which are of immediate importance in modern culture and his stylish manner is calculated to permit a degree of detachment necessary when handling socially and politically explosive issues. The introduction sets the play in its historical, social and theatrical context.
language: English
title: An Ideal Husband
titlecomplete: An Ideal Husband (New Mermaids)
characters: Mable Chiltern, Lady Chiltern, Mrs. Cheveley, Lord Goring, Robert Chiltern, Lord Caversham
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Plays, Humor, Romance, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 41623
places: London, England
publisher: A & C Black