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An Ideal Husband

By: Oscar Wilde
Director: John Timewell

Status:
Readings : Casting : Rehearsals : Showing

October 22 - October 25 2025, 7:30 pm
Matinee: October 25 2025, 2:30 pm

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An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

Join us for the readings and auditions of our Autumn production, An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, which will be directed for us by John Timewell having previously directed successful productions of Twelfth Night and The Philadelphia Story.
“Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.”
A brilliant politician of impeccable reputation and a perfect gentleman, Sir Robert Chiltern is the ideal husband for his adoring wife, the charming Lady Chiltern. However, when a dark secret from his past comes back to haunt him in the form of the scheming Mrs Cheveley their picture-perfect marriage is threatened.
Integrity in political life was a hot topic at the end of the nineteenth century just as it is now, with our leaders often failing to live up to the high standards we, perhaps unfairly, expect of them. An Ideal Husband draws a picture of a society struggling with issues still valid today.
In his delightfully witty play Oscar Wilde explores the themes of idealism, ambition, corruption in politics, and asks to what extent should we be held accountable for past actions whose importance has long since disappeared?
Readings and auditions are all at Harpsden Hall as always and the dates are as follows:
Readings – Tuesday 3rd June from 7.30pm and Thursday 5th June from 8pm.
Auditions – Tuesday 10th June and Tuesday 17th June, both from 7.30p.m.
The production will run from 22nd to 25th October at the Kenton Theatre.