| Record Number |
824231 |
| ISBN |
9781509827848 (hardback) |
| Author |
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 author. |
| Title |
The importance of being earnest & other plays : Lady Windemere's fan : A woman of no importance : An ideal husband : The importance of being earnest and Salomé / Oscar Wilde ; with an introduction by Ned Halley. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Macmillan Collectors Library, 2017. |
| ©2017 |
| Pagination etc. |
471 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm |
| Series |
Macmillan collector's library |
| Contents note |
"Originally published as Best plays by Collector's Library 2014"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (page 17). |
| Contents note |
Lady Windemere's fan -- A woman of no importance -- An ideal husband -- The importance of being earnest -- Salomé. |
| Summary Note |
The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husbandand The Importance of Being Earnest, were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last, doomed decade, the 1890s. They remain among the most-loved, and most-quoted, of all drama in the English language. Along with Salome, his darkly decadent dramatization of the Bible story, these immortal plays have continued to pack theatres to this day, and have been adapted for every kind of media. The plays were originally published in book form at Wilde's own insistence, the better to spread his genius wide. |
| Subject - Name |
Salome(Biblical figure)Drama |
| Subject |
Identity (Psychology) -- Drama |
| English drama -- 18th century |
| London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Drama |
| Comedy plays. |
| Added Author |
Halley, Ned writer of introduction. |
| Shelf Location |
822.8 WILD |
