»Ein idealer Gatte« (1895) ist die politischste unter Wildes Gesellschaftskomödien. Autobiographische Erfahrungen mit der Erpresserproblematik liegen auf der Hand, aber der Autor bleibt hinter einer perfekten Maske verborgen. Der Erfolg des Stückes war triumphal, und der Autor urteilte: »I really think it reads the best of my plays.«
Maria Lucia De Vanna Bücher
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The beautiful Katherina has sworn never to accept the demands of any would-be husband. But when she is pursued by the wily Petruchio, it seems that she has finally met her match, and as he meets her own caustic words with a feigned cruelty, she comes to understand the absurdity of her shrewish behaviour.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the famous Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. It is about a London lawyer named John Gabriel Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde.