The Plays of Oscar Wilde

Vera, The Dııehess of Padııa, Salonıe, Lacty Windermere's Fan, A Wonıan of No Importance, An ideal Husband, The Imparîmıce of Being Earnest, La Sninte Courtisane, A Florentine TragedyWith mı tntroduction and Notes by Atine Varty. Koya! Hollaway, University of LonctonOscar Wilde took London by storm with his first comedy. Lady Wlndermere's Fan. The combination of dazzling wiı, sublle social criticism, sumptuous settings and thc thcme of a guilty secret provcd 3 vvinner, both here and in his ncxl three plays, A Waman of No Importance. An ideal Husbanci, and his undisputed masterpiece, Thc Importance of Being Earnest. This volumc includcs ali VVÜde's plays f rom his early tragcdy Vcra 10 ıhe controversial Salome and thc little knoıvn fragments. La Sttinte Coıırtisanc and A I-'lorcntine Tragedy, Thc edition afffords a rarc chancc to see Wi(de's best knovvn \vork ir the context of his entîrc dramatic outpui, and to appreciate plays \vhich ha ve hitherto received scanl critical attention.\Vilde's plays havc ncvcr failed to delight audicnccs and arc a lasting testimony to their author's supreme vvit and theatrical gcnius.