| Wilde: Four Plays Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author) |
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ISBN: 185459589X ISBN-13: 9781854595898 Publisher: Nick Hern Books OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2008 Annotation: Oscar Wilde's complete dramatic works are brought together in this volume now re-issued: his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest ('The first Act is ingenious, the second beautiful, the third abominably clever!' -- his own comment), printed here in its usual three-act form with an appendix containing the best material from the original four-act version; Lady Windermere's Fan, his first great success ('I am told that Royalty is turned away nightly'), A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband, ('Pray do not take out a single word' -- the Prince of Wales), as well as his once-banned Salome and several less well-known plays, The Duchess of Padua, Vera, or The Nihilists, A Florentine Tragedy and La Sainte Courtisane. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Drama | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 822.8 |
| Series: Nick Hern Books Drama Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.16" W x 8.07" (0.82 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Oscar Wilde's complete dramatic works are brought together in this volume now re-issued: his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest ('The first Act is ingenious, the second beautiful, the third abominably clever ' -- his own comment), printed here in its usual three-act form with an appendix containing the best material from the original four-act version; Lady Windermere's Fan, his first great success ('I am told that Royalty is turned away nightly'), A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband, ('Pray do not take out a single word' -- the Prince of Wales), as well as his once-banned Salome and several less well-known plays, The Duchess of Padua, Vera, or The Nihilists, A Florentine Tragedy and La Sainte Courtisane. |