• Runtime: 120 minutes

• Theatre

Premiered in 1893 shortly before Wilde was arrested for the first time, the secrets of the upper classes are the focus of this witty tirade against society’s differing treatment of men and women.

Money and innocence combine seemingly forcing their protagonists to make decisions they will later regret. Improbably witty repartee and scandalous sarcasm serve to emphasise rather than hide the play’s deeper social message. A forerunner of both Lady Windemere’s Fan and The Importance of Being Ernest, their trivial roots can be seen in this often neglected classic.