With an Introduction & 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 & the theme of a guilty secret proved a winner both here & in his next three plays A Woman of No Importance An Ideal Husband & his undisputed masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest This volume
Includes:: all Wilde's plays from his early tragedy Vera to the controversial Salome & the little known fragments La Sainte Courtisane & A Florentine Tragedy The edition affords a rare chance to see Wilde's best known work in the context of his entire dramatic output & to appreciate plays which have hitherto received scant critical attention Wilde's plays have never failed to delight audiences & are a lasting testimony to their author's supreme wit & theatrical genius