The Duchess of Padua (Annotated with Criticism and Oscar Wilde Biography)

by Oscar Wilde, Golgotha Press (Created by)

Overview

One of Oscar Wilde’s lesser known plays, the five act melodramatic tragedy is set in Padua and written in blank verse. It was written for the actress Mary Anderson in early 1883 while in Paris. After she turned it down, it was abandoned until its first performance at The Broadway Theatre in New York under the title Guido Ferranti on the 26th January 1891, where it ran for three weeks.

This edition of the Oscar Wilde’s play includes a short critical commentary; the book also includes a short essay examining Wilde’s life and and works.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012258939
Publisher:	Golgotha Press
Publication date:	02/25/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	61 KB

About the Author

The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet who delighted Victorian England with his legendary wit. He found critical and popular success with his scintillating plays, chiefly The Importance of Being Earnest, while his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, scandalized readers. Imprisoned for two years for homosexual behavior, Wilde moved to France after his release, where he died destitute.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874