Oscar Wilde 
An Ideal Husband 

Classic play. According to Wikipedia: ‘An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in ‘the present’, and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. ‘Sooner or later, ‘ Wilde notes, ‘we shall all have to pay for what we do.’ But he adds that, ‘No one should be entirely judged by their past.’ Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde’s dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest it is his most popularly produced play… Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years of hard labour after being convicted of the offence of ‘gross indecency.”