An Ideal Husband

Sonnet Repertory Theatre is buttoning down and lacing up for a Wilde time! Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband is the quintessential, tidy drawing room comedy that proves to be a most modern and complex tale of deception, intrigue, stolen letters, mistaken identities, stock swindles, blackmail and secrets from the past. The play explores hypocrisy and weakness among turn of the twentieth century London society, and boasts a wealth of delightfully lunatic characters while also offering much on the subjects of friendship, betrayal, and trust. Wilde’s cheeky, flippant humor disguises a serious heart of the play. No less a social satire than his other plays, in it Wilde balances the melodramatic suspense of a political thriller with a harsh look at ethical compromise and ambition. John Gray directs.

Appropriate for audiences over 13.