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This book is a collection of all of Oscar Wilde's plays, including his early tragedy Vera and the more popular works such as Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest. The book also includes some of Wilde's lesser-known plays, such as La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy. The edition provides a rare chance to see Wilde's best-known work in the context of his entire dramatic output, and to appreciate his plays for what they are - witty, theatrical masterpieces.
With an Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London. Oscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy, Lady Windermere's Fan. The combination of dazzling wit, subtle social criticism, sumptuous settings and the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner, both here and in his next three plays, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and his undisputed masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. This volume includes all Wilde's plays from his early tragedy Vera to the controversial Salome and the little known fragments, La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy. The edition affords a rare chance to see Wilde's best known work in the context of his entire dramatic output, and to appreciate plays which have hitherto received scant critical attention. Wilde's plays have never failed to delight audiences and are a lasting testimony to their author's supreme wit and theatrical genius.
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