AN IDEAL HUSBAND

This play is set in the dazzling social world of 1890s London. It is theworld of the aristocrat and the dandy – and it is also the world ofshabby political and financial intrigue. Oscar Wilde’s play combinesfarce, verbal wit and satire in this gripping comedy. The play alsocontains an argument on the nature of love, and the need for women toforgive rather than idealise their husbands.