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Drama on 3: An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

17/06/2007

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By Oscar Wilde. Mrs Cheveley threatens to reveal Sir Robert Chiltern's secret past.

Wildean wit and the elegance of English society is woven into Oscar Wilde's classic drama, featuring Geoffrey Palmer, Alex Jennings and Janet McTeer.

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. Wildean wit and the elegance of English society is woven into this classic drama.

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/James ...... John Cummins
Phipps ...... Hugh Dickson
Mason ...... Derek Beard

Directed by David Timson.

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