Quatre comédies : L'éventail de lady Windermere ; Une femme sans importance ; Un mari idéal ; L'importance d'être constant

Oscar Wilde

Publié par Actes Sud

396 pages

Résumé

Oscar Wilde’s legendary wit dazzles in The Importance of Being Earnest, one of the greatest and most popular works of drama to emerge from Victorian England. A light-hearted satire of the absurdity of all forms and conventions, this comic masterpiece features an unforgettable cast of characters who, as critic Max Beerbohm observed, “speak a kind of beautiful nonsense—the language of high comedy, twisted into fantasy.” This collection also includes Oscar Wilde’s most famous comedies, Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, and An Ideal Husband, as well as his poetic tragedy Salomé—all written between 1891 and 1895, Wilde’s most creative period. George Bernard Shaw said of Oscar Wilde that he is “our most thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit, with philosophy, with drama, with actors and audience, with the whole theater.”

La Maison de La Courtisane

Le fantôme de Canterville - Suivi de Le crime de lord Arthur Savile

Les Pensees

Le portrait de Mr. W. H. / The Portrait of Mr. W. H.

Le portrait de Dorian Gray

Le Crime de Lord Arthur Savile

Le Portrait de Monsieur W.H. - Le Fantôme de Canterville ; Le Sphinx qui n'a pas de secret ; Le Modèle millionnaire ; Poèmes en prose ; L'Âme humaine sous le régime socialiste

Le fantôme de Canterville

Critiques