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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde 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 The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wildes dramatic masterpiece.After Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play. In the summer of 1893, Oscar Wilde began writing An Ideal Husband, and he completed it later that winter. His work began at Goring-on-Thames, after which he named the character Lord Goring, and concluded at St. James Place. He initially sent the completed play to the Garrick Theatre, where the manager rejected it, but it was soon accepted by the Haymarket Theatre, where Lewis Waller had temporarily taken control. Waller was an excellent actor and cast himself as Sir Robert Chiltern.The play gave the Haymarket the success it desperately needed. After opening on 3 January 1895, it continued for 124 performances.
Much Ado About Nothing, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written probably in 159899 and printed in a quarto edition from the authors own manuscript in 1600. The play takes an ancient themethat of a woman falsely accused of unfaithfulnessto brilliant comedic heights. Shakespeare used as his main source for the Claudio-Hero plot a story from Matteo Bandellos Novelle (155473); he also may have consulted Ludovico Ariostos Orlando furioso and Edmund Spensers The Faerie Queene. The Beatrice-Benedick plot is essentially Shakespeares own, though he must have had in mind his own story of wife taming in The Taming of the Shrew.Leonato, a kindly, respectable nobleman, lives in the idyllic Italian town of Messina. Leonato shares his house with his lovely young daughter, Hero, his playful, clever niece, Beatrice, and his elderly brother, Antonio (who is Beatrices father). As the play begins, Leonato prepares to welcome some friends home from a war. The friends include Don Pedro, a prince who is a close friend of Leonato, and two fellow soldiers: Claudio, a well-respected young nobleman, and Benedick, a clever man who constantly makes witty jokes.
Os Três Patetas, na verdade, eram seis. A primeira formação foi reunida por Ted Heally. Nos palcos, Heally usava como "escadas" (cômicos secundários que preparam a piada para o protagonista) os irmão