The first scene of this play occurs against the backdrop of a staircase wall covered in a tapestry depicting The Triumph of Love designed by Francois Boucher.
The first scene of this play occurs against the backdrop of a staircase wall covered in a tapestry depicting The Triumph of Love designed by Francois Boucher. At the climax of this play, a woman is caught after the snake-shaped diamond brooch she stole is clasped around her arm and can only be released by a secret spring. One character in this play tells his butler Phipps that "what is unfashionable is what other people wear" in an episode concluding with the line, "To love (*) oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." The crux of this play is that a rising MP must decide whether to speak in favor of a doomed South American Canal project, or risk his youthful insider trading being revealed by Mrs. Cheveley. The hero of this play, who gets engaged to Mabel in its final act, is the dandy Lord Goring. For 10 points, name this Oscar Wilde play in which Lady Chiltern must accept that Robert Chiltern is not the title character.
The first scene of this play occurs against the backdrop of a staircase wall covered in a tapestry depicting The Triumph of Love designed by Francois Boucher.
An Ideal Husband