Thursday, October 14, 2010

An Ideal Husband

Oscar Wilde's play, An Ideal Husband, was first performed in 1895 and is just as relevant today as it was then. Besides telling an age-old story of politics and corruption, it is rife with Wilde's sentiments about men, women, and marriage.

The following dialogue takes place in Act IV:
Lord Caversham: Now, if you don't make her an ideal husband, I'll cut you off with a shilling.
Mabel: An ideal husband? Oh, I don't think I should like that.
Lord Caversham: What do you want him to be then, my dear?
Mabel: I think he can be whatever he chooses.
Lord Caversham: You don't deserve her, sir.
Lord Arthur Goring: My dear father, if we men married the women we deserved... we should have a very bad time of it.


After yesterday's events, we so enjoyed going to the theater to see a play filled with the wit of Oscar Wilde. Great Lakes Theater Festival was just the ticket.
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