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The play has been filmed a number of times, with the most well-known being a 1947 version directed by Creator/AlexanderKorda and starring Creator/PauletteGoddard as Mrs. Cheveley, Creator/MichaelWilding as Lord Goring, Hugh Williams as Sir Robert Chiltern, Creator/DianaWynyard as Lady Chiltern, and Creator/GlynisJohns as Mabel Chiltern, and a 1999 version directed by Oliver Parker and starring Creator/RupertEverett as Lord Goring, Creator/JulianneMoore as Mrs. Cheveley, Creator/JeremyNortham as Sir Robert Chiltern, and Creator/CateBlanchett as Lady Chiltern, and Creator/MinnieDriver as Mabel Chiltern.
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* TheyDo: Lord Goring and Mabel.
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-->Mrs. Cheveley: Will you shake hands?
-->Lord Goring: With you? No. Your transaction with Robert Chiltern may pass as a loathsome commercial transaction of a loathsome commercial age; but you seem to have forgotten that you came here tonight to talk of love, you whose lips desecrated the word love, you to whom the thing is a book closely sealed, went this afternoon to the house of one of the most noble and gentle women in the world to degrade her husband in her eyes, to try and kill her love for him, to put poison in her heart, and bitterness in her life, to break her idol, and, it may be, spoil her soul. That I cannot forgive you. That was horrible. For that there can be no forgiveness.
-->Mrs. Cheveley: Will you shake hands?
-->Lord Goring: With you? No. Your transaction with Robert Chiltern may pass as a loathsome commercial transaction of a loathsome commercial age; but you seem to have forgotten that you came here tonight to talk of love, you whose lips desecrated the word love, you to whom the thing is a book closely sealed, went this afternoon to the house of one of the most noble and gentle women in the world to degrade her husband in her eyes, to try and kill her love for him, to put poison in her heart, and bitterness in her life, to break her idol, and, it may be, spoil her soul. That I cannot forgive you. That was horrible. For that there can be no forgiveness.
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* BrokenPedestal: Lady Chiltern's faith in her husband's absolute goodness is tested and torn over the course of the play. Toward the end, when she blames herself for "setting him too high," Lord Goring gently admonishes her, "do not now set him too ''low.''"
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* ThreeFacesOfEve: Lady Chiltern as the wife, Mrs. Cheveley as the seductress, and Mabel as the child.
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* ThreeFacesOfEve: TheThreeFacesOfEve: Lady Chiltern as the wife, Mrs. Cheveley as the seductress, and Mabel as the child.
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* MenAreBetterThanWomen: ''An Ideal Husband'' states that, essentially, men are meant to go out into the world and do great things, while the most a woman can ask for is to help and support a great man.
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* MenAreBetterThanWomen: ''An Ideal Husband'' states that, essentially, [[MenActWomenAre men are meant to go out into the world and do great things, while the most a woman can ask for is to help and support a great man.man]].
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** Given Goring's preoccupation with buttonholes, many productions go so far as to take the opportunity to give him Wilde's famous green carnation in at least one scene.
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Creator/OscarWilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'', it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After ''Earnest'', it is his most popularly produced play.
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by OscarWilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'', it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After ''Earnest'', it is his most popularly produced play.
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by OscarWilde Creator/OscarWilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'', it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After ''Earnest'', it is his most popularly produced play.
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* PutOnABus: Mrs. Cheveley.
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* AuthorAvatar: Lord Goring, and as usual for Wilde's avatars he gets all the good lines.
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* HiddenDepths: Lord Goring.
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* MenAreBetterThanWomen: ''An Ideal Husband'' states that, essentially, men are meant to go out into the world and do great things, while the most a woman can ask for is to help and support a great man.
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* SmugSnake: Mrs. Cheveley.
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* TitleDrop: Lady Chiltern frequently uses the word "ideal" when speaking of her husband, but the only time the full phrase "an ideal husband" appears is right near the end, after Lord Goring and Mabel get engaged:
-->'''Caversham:''' And if you don't make this young lady an ideal husband, I'll cut you off with a shilling.\\
'''Mabel Chiltern:''' An ideal husband! Oh, I don't think I should like that.
-->'''Caversham:''' And if you don't make this young lady an ideal husband, I'll cut you off with a shilling.\\
'''Mabel Chiltern:''' An ideal husband! Oh, I don't think I should like that.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Lady Chiltern is ''exclusively'' attracted to Lord Chiltern for his stanch morality.
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Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs. Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old and plots to help his friend. Meanwhile Miss Mabel Chiltern, Sir Robert's lovely younger sister, has desires and ambitions of her own.
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Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs. Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old and plots to help his friend. Meanwhile Meanwhile, Miss Mabel Chiltern, Sir Robert's lovely younger sister, has desires and ambitions of her own.
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* BlackmailBackfire: Unfortunately for Mrs. Cheveley, Lord Goring is has a bejeweled brooch belonging to his cousin that was stolen by Mrs. Cheveley. They agree to trade. Even her final, vengeful attempt to destroy the Chilterns' marriage goes awry when Sir Robert misinterprets a letter written by his wife to Lord Goring as a request for forgiveness. They reconcile, and by then Mrs. Cheveley is out of the picture.
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* BlackmailBackfire: Unfortunately for Mrs. Cheveley, Lord Goring is has a bejeweled brooch belonging to his cousin that was stolen by Mrs. Cheveley. They agree to trade. Even her final, vengeful attempt to destroy the Chilterns' marriage goes awry when Sir Robert misinterprets a letter written by his wife to Lord Goring as a request for his forgiveness. They reconcile, and by then Mrs. Cheveley is out of the picture.
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* CostumePorn: With so many highly fashionable characters, virtually every production gets this treatment.
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* GorgeousPeriodDress: Mrs. Cheveley, Mabel, and even Lady Chiltern get a few of these.
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* LadyInRed: Mrs. Cheveley is frequently one.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Mrs. Cheveley's price for the incriminating letter is Lord Goring's hand in marriage.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Mrs. Cheveley's price for the incriminating letter letter, if not Sir Robert's support in her shady business venture, is Lord Goring's hand in marriage.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Mrs. Cheveley's price for the incriminating letter is Lord Goring's hand in marriage.
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* OldFlameFizzle: Mrs. Cheveley gets Lord Goring alone and seductively [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe suggests that she and Lord Goring get married]] in return for the incriminating letter. They had been previously engaged, and Lord Goring had been in love with her. This time around, Lord Goring is disgusted by the idea, particularly because he knows that she harbors no real feelings for him.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sir Robert's behind-the-scenes corruption leads to his professional and financial success. With his political power, he works to make honest and fair judgements, and he's widely revered by all. Yet with all of his good work, his past comes back to haunt him, leading him down [[SadisticChoice a road of more secrets and immortality]].
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* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: Lady Chiltern strongly exemplifies this at the beginning of the play, believing her husband to be [[IncorruptiblePurePureness utterly incorruptible]] and in love with him for it. Naturally, she overcomes this by the end of the play.
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Deconstructed. The most honest and well-respected characters fall prey to follies; Sir Robert fed his ambition with corruption, Lady Chiltern abandoned her husband. Lady Chiltern initially believes her husband to have this, hence his being "ideal."
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* RedemptionEqualsAffliction: Sir Robert manages to win over his wife and atone for his past corruption, but at the cost of the career he worked so hard to build.
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* TheGhost: Baron Arnheim. He's [[PosthumousCharacter dead before the play begins]], mutually known to both Mrs. Cheveley (he was her lover) and Sir Robert (his former mentor as a young ingenue).
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* TheGhost: Baron Arnheim. He's [[PosthumousCharacter dead before the play begins]], mutually known to both Mrs. Cheveley (he was her lover) and Sir Robert (his former mentor as a young ingenue).
* HappilyMarried: Sir Robert and Lady Gertrude Chiltern, at least until the devious Mrs. Cheveley shows up.
* HappilyMarried: Sir Robert and Lady Gertrude Chiltern, at least until the devious Mrs. Cheveley shows up.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sir Robert's behind-the-scenes corruption leads to his professional and financial success. With his political power, he works to make honest and fair judgements, and he's widely revered by all. Yet with all of his good work, his past comes back to haunt him, leading him down [[SadisticChoice a road of more secrets and immortality]].
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Lady Chiltern is ''exclusively'' attracted to Lord Chiltern for his stanch morality.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Mabel and Lord Goring.
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* ChekhovsGun: Mrs. Cheveley's lost diamond brooch.
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* HasAType: Despite their numerous differences, Mabel and Mrs. Cheveley, the two women Lord Goring ever has feelings for, are beautiful, clever, flirtatious women.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Or if not evil, certainly the root of many moral and marital problems. Ambition causes Sir Robert's past lapse in judgement, a corruption which ultimately affords the wealth, influence, and luxury his present life allows.
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* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The Earl of Caversham.
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* EnglishRose: Mabel is described as looking like one, though more spirited and rebellious than her innocent, dainty appearance may lead one to believe.
* GentlemanSnarker: Lord Goring, naturally. He's the hero of an Oscar Wilde play.
* GentlemanSnarker: Lord Goring, naturally. He's the hero of an Oscar Wilde play.
* ProperLady: Lady Chiltern.
* SharpDressedMan: Lord Goring.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Mabel is a perfect example of one. Clever and pretty, she rejects countless suitors who she finds boring despite their eligibility in status and wealth. She's outspoken, bold, and highly flirtatious with the man she sets her sights on, and matches his considerable wit.
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* SpiritedYoungLady: Mabel is a perfect example of one. Clever and pretty, she rejects countless suitors who she finds boring despite their eligibility in status and wealth. She's outspoken, bold, and highly flirtatious with the man she sets her sights on, and matches his considerable wit.wit.
* ThreeFacesOfEve: Lady Chiltern as the wife, Mrs. Cheveley as the seductress, and Mabel as the child.
* TheVamp: Mrs. Cheveley.
* ThreeFacesOfEve: Lady Chiltern as the wife, Mrs. Cheveley as the seductress, and Mabel as the child.
* TheVamp: Mrs. Cheveley.
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* BestFriendsInLaw: Though wary of his best friend's promiscuous ways, after realizing that Lord Goring is in love with his younger sister Mabel, Sir Robert happily consents to their marriage.
* TheCasanova: Lord Goring, who refuses to marry because he gets bored with every woman he's ever met. He realizes, however, that [[LadykillerInLove he's in love with Mabel.]]
* DeconfirmedBachelor: After spending the entire play [[TemptingFate insisting]] that [[ConfirmedBachelor marriage is not and never will be for him]], he has a LoveEpiphany and realizes he's in love with Mabel. They get engaged by the end of the play.
* LadykillerInLove: Lord Goring, ConfirmedBachelor and notable flirt, is smitten with Mabel.
* DeconfirmedBachelor: After spending the entire play [[TemptingFate insisting]] that [[ConfirmedBachelor marriage is not and never will be for him]], he has a LoveEpiphany and realizes he's in love with Mabel. They get engaged by the end of the play.
* LadykillerInLove: Lord Goring, ConfirmedBachelor and notable flirt, is smitten with Mabel.
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* SelectiveObliviousness: Lord Goring about his feelings for Mabel until the very end of the play, even though EveryoneCanSeeIt, including Mabel.
* ShipperOnDeck: The Earl of Caversham ''very strongly encourages'' his son to propose marriage to Mabel. Whether or not it's because he recognizes how in love they are, or because he takes a liking to Mabel's spirited wittiness is up for debate.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Mabel is a perfect example of one. Clever and pretty, she rejects countless suitors who she finds boring despite their eligibility in status and wealth. She's outspoken, bold, and highly flirtatious with the man she sets her sights on, and matches his considerable wit.
* ShipperOnDeck: The Earl of Caversham ''very strongly encourages'' his son to propose marriage to Mabel. Whether or not it's because he recognizes how in love they are, or because he takes a liking to Mabel's spirited wittiness is up for debate.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Mabel is a perfect example of one. Clever and pretty, she rejects countless suitors who she finds boring despite their eligibility in status and wealth. She's outspoken, bold, and highly flirtatious with the man she sets her sights on, and matches his considerable wit.
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by OscarWilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'', it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After ''Earnest'', it is his most popularly produced play.
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs. Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old and plots to help his friend. Meanwhile Miss Mabel Chiltern, Sir Robert's lovely younger sister, has desires and ambitions of her own.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Mrs. Cheveley possesses an incriminating letter belonging to Sir Robert and attempts to blackmail him with it.
* BlackmailBackfire: Unfortunately for Mrs. Cheveley, Lord Goring is has a bejeweled brooch belonging to his cousin that was stolen by Mrs. Cheveley. They agree to trade. Even her final, vengeful attempt to destroy the Chilterns' marriage goes awry when Sir Robert misinterprets a letter written by his wife to Lord Goring as a request for forgiveness. They reconcile, and by then Mrs. Cheveley is out of the picture.
* OutGambitted: Lord Goring outwits Mrs. Cheveley's attempted {{Blackmail}} of his friend Sir Robert with an even cleverer plan of his own.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Mabel is a perfect example of one. Clever and pretty, she rejects countless suitors who she finds boring despite their eligibility in status and wealth. She's outspoken, bold, and highly flirtatious with the man she sets her sights on, and matches his considerable wit.
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs. Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old and plots to help his friend. Meanwhile Miss Mabel Chiltern, Sir Robert's lovely younger sister, has desires and ambitions of her own.
!! ''An Ideal Husband'' provides examples of...
* {{Blackmail}}: Mrs. Cheveley possesses an incriminating letter belonging to Sir Robert and attempts to blackmail him with it.
* BlackmailBackfire: Unfortunately for Mrs. Cheveley, Lord Goring is has a bejeweled brooch belonging to his cousin that was stolen by Mrs. Cheveley. They agree to trade. Even her final, vengeful attempt to destroy the Chilterns' marriage goes awry when Sir Robert misinterprets a letter written by his wife to Lord Goring as a request for forgiveness. They reconcile, and by then Mrs. Cheveley is out of the picture.
* OutGambitted: Lord Goring outwits Mrs. Cheveley's attempted {{Blackmail}} of his friend Sir Robert with an even cleverer plan of his own.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Mabel is a perfect example of one. Clever and pretty, she rejects countless suitors who she finds boring despite their eligibility in status and wealth. She's outspoken, bold, and highly flirtatious with the man she sets her sights on, and matches his considerable wit.
