Part 1

AN IDEAL HUSBAND

A PLAY

BY OSCAR WILDE

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METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON

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First Published, at 1s. net, in 1912

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This book was First Published in 1893

First Published (Second Edition) by February 1908 Methuen & Co. Third Edition October 1909 Fourth edition October 1910 Fifth Edition May 1912

THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY

THE EARL OF CAVERSHAM, K.G.

VISCOUNT GORING, his Son

SIR ROBERT CHILTERN, Bart., Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs

VICOMTE DE NANJAC, Attaché at the French Embassy in London

MR. MONTFORD

MASON, Butler to Sir Robert Chiltern

PHIPPS, Lord Goring’s Servant

JAMES }

HAROLD } Footmen

LADY CHILTERN

LADY MARKBY

THE COUNTESS OF BASILDON

MRS. MARCHMONT

MISS MABEL CHILTERN, Sir Robert Chiltern’s Sister

MRS. CHEVELEY

THE SCENES OF THE PLAY

ACT I. The Octagon Room in Sir Robert Chiltern’s House in Grosvenor Square.