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The Duchess of Padua: A Play, The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People & Vera (Prince Classics)

The Duchess of Padua is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a five-act melodramatic tragedy set in Padua and written in blank verse. It was written for the actress Mary Anderson in early 1883 while in Paris. After she turned it down, it was abandoned until its first performance at the Broadway Theatre in New York City under the title Guido Ferranti on 26 January 1891, where it ran for three weeks. It has been rarely revived or studied. The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Some contemporary reviews praised the play's humour and the culmination of Wilde's artistic career, while others were cautious about its lack of social messages. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play. The successful opening night marked the climax of Wilde's career but also heralded his downfall. The Marquess of Queensberry, whose son Lord Alfred Douglas was Wilde's lover, planned to present the writer with a bouquet of rotten vegetables and disrupt the show. Wilde was tipped off and Queensberry was refused admission. Their feud came to a climax in court, where Wilde's homosexuality was revealed to the Victorian public and he was sentenced to imprisonment. Despite the play's early success, Wilde's notoriety caused the play to be closed after 86 performances. After his release from prison, he published the play from exile in Paris, but he wrote no further comic or dramatic work. The play is set in "The Present" (i.e. 1895). Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the life of Vera Zasulich. It was Wilde's first play, and the first to be performed. In 1880, with only a few copies privately printed, arrangements were made with noted actresses for a production in the United Kingdom, but this never materialized. The first public performance was in New York City in 1883 at the Union Square Theatre, based on revisions made by Wilde while lecturing in America in 1882. The play was not a success and folded after only one week. It is rarely revived.


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B M Bower 1 Eylül 2020 1 x 13,5 x 19,5 cm Kolektif 15,2 x 0,6 x 22,9 cm H. G. Wells 5 Ocak 2017 4 Ocak 2017 19,5 x 1 x 13,5 cm 1 x 13,5 x 21 cm 15,2 x 0,7 x 22,9 cm 28 Şubat 2018 F Scott Fitzgerald 19,5 x 13,5 cm Jack London G. A. Henty 3 Ocak 2017 1 Ocak 2018
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yazar Oscar Wilde
isbn 10 9390209897
isbn 13 978-9390209897
Yayımcı Prince Classics
Boyutlar ve boyutlar 14 x 2.39 x 21.59 cm
Tarafından yayınlandı The Duchess of Padua: A Play, The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People & Vera (Prince Classics) 1 Eylül 2020

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