An Ideal
Husband.

by

The Author of Lady Windermere’s Fan

London: Leonard Smithers and Co
5 Old Bond Street W, 1899

[The text follows the
first edition.]

contents.

First Act.

Second Act.

Third Act.

Fourth Act.

·[v]· to
frank harris
a slight tribute to
his power and distinction
as an artist
his chivalry and nobility
as a friend

·[vii]· the persons of the play

the earl of caversham, K.G.

viscount goring, his Son

sir robert chiltern, Bart., Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs

vicomte de nanjac, Attaché at the French Embassy in London

mr. montford

mason, Butler to Sir Robert Chiltern

phipps, Lord Goring’s Servant

james,

harold, Footmen

lady chiltern

lady markby

the countess of basildon

mrs. marchmont

miss mabel chiltern, Sir Robert Chiltern’s Sister

mrs. cheveley

·[ix]· the scenes of the play

Act I: The Octagon Room in Sir Robert Chiltern’s House in Grosvenor Square.

Act II: Morning-room in Sir Robert Chiltern’s House.

Act III: The Library of Lord Goring’s House in Curzon Street.

Act IV: Same as Act II.

Time …. The Present.

Place …. London.

The Action of the Play is completed within twenty-four hours.

·[xi]· THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET

Sole Lessee: Mr. Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Managers: Mr. Lewis Waller and Mr. H. H. Morell
January
3rd, 1895

The Earl of Caversham

Mr. Alfred Bishop

Viscount Goring

Mr. Charles H. Hawtrey

Sir Robert Chiltern

Mr. Lewis Waller

Vicomte de Nanjac

Mr. Cosmo Stuart

Mr. Montford

Mr. Harry Stanford

Phipps

Mr. C. H. Brookfield

Mason

Mr. H. Deane

James (Footman)

Mr. Charles Meyrick

Harold (Footman)

Mr. Goodhart

Lady Chiltern

Miss Julia Neilson

Lady Markby

Miss Fanny Brough

Countess of Basildon

Miss Vane Featherston

Mrs. Marchmont

Miss Helen Forsyth

Miss Mabel Chiltern

Miss Maude Millett

Mrs. Cheveley

Miss Florence West