Comedy · United Kingdom · 2018 · 2h 21m

An Ideal Husband

Director

Cast

Frances Barber as Mrs. Cheveley Edward Fox as Earl of Caversham Freddie Fox as Lord Goring Nathaniel Parker as Lord Chiltern Sally Bretton as Lady Chiltern Susan Hampshire as Lady Markby

Crew

Oscar Wilde — Writer

Synopsis

In An Ideal Husband, an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern, is on an assured smooth ascent to the top. Until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of his previous financial chicanery, that is.

Mood & Themes

blackmail based on play or musical 19th century

Key Collaborators

Jonathan Church Director Oscar Wilde Writer

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