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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. Frederick Pyne was due to play the aged butler Phipps, but unfortunately he was taken ill just before the first date of the tour, and has been forced out of the show for the time being.

Cast/Performers

Richard Walsh (Chiltern), Dermot Walsh (Phipps), Olivia Dermot Walsh, Brian Cant, Jean Rogers, Louise English, Marcus Gilbert

Creatives/Company

Author: Oscar Wilde
Company: Middle Ground Theatre Company
Director: Michael Lunney
Design: Ali Gorton

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband (Play) production archive for QTIX code T1928569448. Details of all An Ideal Husband archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S2334

Archive Listings

28 Nov 00
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2 Dec 00
The Hawth
Crawley, West Sussex
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23 Oct 00
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28 Oct 00
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry, West Midlands
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5 Jun 00
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7 Jun 00
Hall for Cornwall
Truro, Cornwall
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23 May 00
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27 May 00
Fairfield Halls
Outer London, Greater London
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8 May 00
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13 May 00
The Orchard
Dartford, Kent
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18 Apr 00
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22 Apr 00
Key Theatre
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
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27 Mar 00
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1 Apr 00
Gordon Craig Theatre
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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6 Mar 00
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11 Mar 00
Connaught Theatre
Worthing, West Sussex
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