An Ideal Husband
The Abbey Theatre
Dublin
Ireland
Thu, 14th August 2008 - Sat, 27th September 2008
ABBEY PREMIERE
Sir Robert Chiltern is a rising young politician, hotly tipped for high office. He has everything a successful public figure could possibly need: an impeccable reputation, a private income, a loyal wife - and a dirty little secret.
Oscar Wilde was a man who knew all about leading a double life. An Ideal Husband is Wilde's painfully personal portrait of a marriage wrecked by double standards. Wielding his infamous wit like a razor, he drew deep on his own experience to create a disconcertingly recognisable picture of a High Society as vicious as it is witty, as moralising as it is vacuous and as overdressed as it is corrupt - a picture as pertinent now as it was when first performed.
An Ideal Husband is directed with hallmark theatricality and brio by Wilde aficionado Neil Bartlett, teaming up with his long-time collaborator, designer Rae Smith, to work with the Abbey for the first time.
Director
Neil Bartlett
Set and costume design
Rae Smith
Sound design
Denis Clohessy
Captioned performance
Saturday 13 September 2.30pm
Audio described performance
Saturday 20 September 2.30pm
Sign language interpreted performance
Monday 22 September 8pm
Performance Info
Times: Nightly at 8pm, Matinee at 2.30pm on Saturdays.
NO SHOW ON SUNDAYS
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ABBEY PREMIERE
Sir Robert Chiltern is a rising young politician, hotly tipped for high office. He has everything a successful public figure could possibly need: an impeccable reputation, a private income, a loyal wife - and a dirty little secret.
Oscar Wilde was a man who knew all about leading a double life. An Ideal Husband is Wilde's painfully personal portrait of a marriage wrecked by double standards. Wielding his infamous wit like a razor, he drew deep on his own experience to create a
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