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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 treat[...]
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Un homme mène une vie libre, guidée par la seule recherche du plaisir sans aucune barrière morale. Les traces de ses excès et de ses crimes s'inscrivent sur son portrait jusqu'à le défigurer, alors que son visage reste intact et innocent. Seul r[...]
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Oscar Wilde, AuteurOn the surface, Sir Robert Chiltern is an ideal husband-he has an impressive role as a member of the House of Commons and is always respectable in public and in private. His wife, Lady Chiltern, is proud of their privileged life. What she does n[...]
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Oscar Wilde, AuteurSet in London, the play’s action is put in motion by Lady Windermere’s jealousy over her husband’s apparent interest in Mrs. Erlynne, a beautiful older woman with a mysterious past. La vertueuse lady Windermere s'apprête à donner un bal pour so[...]
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Oscar Wilde, AuteurThe play depicts the attempted seduction of Jokanaan by Salome, step-daughter of Herod Antipas; her dance of the seven veils; the execution of Jokanaan at Salome's instigation; and her death on Herod's orders. La pièce, en un acte, repose sur [...]
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Dorian Gray is young and extremely handsome. When artist Basil Hallward paints a picture of him, Dorian declares youth the only thing worth having. What if his portrait grew old and ugly and he didn't ? He would gladly give his soul in exchange [...]
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Oscar Wilde, AuteurLady Hunstanton is throwing a party, and her guests mingle and exchange gossip. Gerald Arbuthnot enters to announce that Lord Illingworth has agreed to take him on as a secretary. This represents Gerald’s first step towards gaining financial suc[...]
