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An Ideal Husband archiveFirst performed 1895. In decorous London society, where most women have their eyes set on snaring the perfect husband, Mrs Laura Cheveley is set on securing a lucrative Argentinian investment. All she needs to ensure the success of her scheme are corruptible connections in high places. Luckily, upright government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern, has a dark secret, and Mrs Cheveley knows exactly what it is. Now she just has to slice right through Sir Robert's outwardly respectable world, bending his earlier shame to her advantage. But there is one last hope for Sir Robert: Mrs Cheveley has a dark secret too, and Sir Robert's adoring wife, Lady Chiltern, who was at school with her, knows exactly what it is. Set in London in 1985, An Ideal Husband is considered to be Oscar Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. Blisteringly witty, the play is both a stylish comedy and a searing exposure of hypocrisy and bogus morality. In its analysis of ambition, shame, corruption and ruin, it speaks most passionately, not only to our age, but also to Wilde's personal crisis at the time. Sir Peter Hall's acclaimed West End and Broadway production.

Cast/Performers

Caroline Langrishe (Mrs Cheveley some dates), Lisa Goddard ( Mrs Cheveley some dates), Barbara Murray (Lady Markby), Bryan Murray (Sir Robert Chiltern), Patrick Ryecart (Lord Goring), Richard Todd (Earl of Caversham), Julia Watson (Lady Chiltern), Katy Odey (Mabel Chiltern), Graham Ingle (Vicomte de Nanjac), Maev Alexander (Lady Basildon), Tabitha Fielding (Mrs Marchmont), Robin Browne (Mr Montford), Walter Hall (Mason), Robin Browne (Phipps), Leigh Jones (James), Leigh Jones (Mr Barford), Laura Taylor (Lady Jane Barford)

Creatives/Company

Author: Oscar Wilde
Producer: Bill Kenwright Productions Ltd
Director: Peter Hall

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband (Play) production archive for QTIX code T0818677769. Details of all An Ideal Husband archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S2334

Archive Listings

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30 Jun 01
New Victoria Theatre
Woking, Surrey
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23 Jun 01
The Orchard
Dartford, Kent
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11 Jun 01
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16 Jun 01
His Majesty's Theatre
Aberdeen
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4 Jun 01
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9 Jun 01
Theatre Royal
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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28 May 01
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2 Jun 01
Theatre Royal Windsor
Windsor, Berkshire
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14 May 01
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26 May 01
Theatr Clwyd
Mold, Flintshire
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7 May 01
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12 May 01
Grand Opera House
Belfast
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30 Apr 01
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5 May 01
Hull New Theatre
Hull, Humberside
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23 Apr 01
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28 Apr 01
Theatre Royal
Brighton, East Sussex
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9 Apr 01
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14 Apr 01
King's Theatre
Edinburgh
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2 Apr 01
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7 Apr 01
Milton Keynes Theatre
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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26 Mar 01
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31 Mar 01
Malvern Theatres
Malvern, Worcestershire
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19 Mar 01
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24 Mar 01
New Theatre
Cardiff, Glamorgan
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20 Feb 01
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24 Feb 01
Marlowe Theatre
Canterbury, Kent
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