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Drama on 3: An Ideal Husband

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By Oscar Wilde. The unprincipled Mrs Cheveley threatens to reveal Sir Robert Chiltern 's secret past unless he agrees to give his support in Parliament to a questionable Argentinian venture. Faced with ruin in the eyes of the country and his wife, he seems to have no alternative.
Producer Nicolas Soames Director David Timson Spoken word choices: page 137

Contributors

Unknown:
Oscar Wilde.
Unknown:
Mrs Cheveley
Unknown:
Sir Robert Chiltern
Producer:
Nicolas Soames
Director:
David Timson
The Earl of Caversham:
Geoffrey Palmer
Viscount Goring:
Jasper Britton
Sir Robert Chiltern:
Alex Jennings
Lady Chiltern:
Emma Fielding
Lady Markby:
Sara Kestelman
Miss Mabel Chiltern:
Joanna Page
Mrs Cheveley:
Janet McTeer
Vicomte De Nanjac:
Oliver de Sueur
Mrs Marchmont:
Patience Tomlinson
Countess of Basildon:
Lucy Whybrow
Mr Montford:
John Cummins
James:
John Cummins
Phipps:
Hugh Dickson
Mason:
Derek Beard

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