AnIdealHusband

Transcribed from the 1912 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org AN IDEAL HUSBAND A PLAY BY OSCAR WILDE METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON First Published , at 1s. net , in 1912 This book was First Published in 1893 First Published (Second Edition ) by Methuen & Co. February 1908 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 . ACT II. Morning-room in Sir Robert Chiltern’s House . ACT III. The Library of Lord Goring’s House in Curzon Street . ACT IV. Same as Act II . TIME : The Present PLACE : London ......