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_.