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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.

Cast/Performers

Kate O'Mara, Michael Praed, Tony Britton, Robert Duncan, Carol Royle, Fenella Fielding

Creatives/Company

Author: Oscar Wilde
Producer: Bill Kenwright
Director(s): Peter Hall (original), Mark Piper (this production)

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband (Play) production archive for QTIX code T1152539891. Details of all An Ideal Husband archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S2334

Archive Listings

24 Nov 08
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29 Nov 08
Theatre Royal
Bath, Bath & North East Somerset
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22 Nov 08
Oxford Playhouse
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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15 Nov 08
King's Theatre
Edinburgh
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3 Nov 08
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8 Nov 08
Sheffield Theatres
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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27 Oct 08
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1 Nov 08
Richmond Theatre
Outer London, Greater London
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25 Oct 08
Churchill Theatre
Bromley, Kent
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13 Oct 08
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18 Oct 08
His Majesty's Theatre
Aberdeen
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6 Oct 08
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11 Oct 08
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
Guildford, Surrey
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29 Sep 08
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4 Oct 08
Malvern Theatres
Malvern, Worcestershire
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22 Sep 08
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27 Sep 08
New Theatre
Cardiff, Glamorgan
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15 Sep 08
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20 Sep 08
Theatre Royal
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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8 Sep 08
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13 Sep 08
Theatre Royal
Norwich, Norfolk
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26 Aug 08
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6 Sep 08
Theatre Royal Windsor
Windsor, Berkshire
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