| An Ideal Husband: Second Edition, Revised Revised Edition Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author), Eltis, Sos, Jackson, Russell |
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ISBN: 1408137208 ISBN-13: 9781408137208 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $13.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.8 |
| Series: New Mermaids |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.35 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the nineteenth century's most successful and most frequently revived plays, An Ideal Husband has divided critics more than any other of Wilde's plays. Treating political intrigue, financial fraud, blackmail, scandal and spin, and the role of women in public life, it is a play which engaged with issues of vital importance to its late-Victorian audience, which continue to resonate today. Sos Eltis, a specialist in Victorian drama and its relation to women's issues, provides a stimulating new perspective on An Ideal Husband, through an introduction that looks at its relation with contemporary social purity campaigns, women's rights, and political scandals. The introduction also gives a substantial performance history, with particular reference to the play's film versions and the influential Peter Hall theatre production. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jackson, Russell: - Russell Jackson is Allardyce Nicoll Chair in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham. He was formerly Director of the Shakespeare Institute. His books include The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film 2e (CUP, 2007) and The Oxford Illustrated History of Shakespeare on Stage 2e (Oxford, 2001). Wilde, Oscar: - Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1856. In the years following his graduation from Oxford in 1878 he published poems and stories which included The Picture of Dorian Gray. Lady Windermere's Fan was produced in 1892, A Woman of No Importance in 1893 and An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895. Later work included De Profundis and The Ballad of Reading Gaol. He died in 1900. |