A review by rjacoves
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

3.0

It was going to be 4.5 stars until u read the most disappointing final act of a play I have ever to read. The last act is completely filled with everything working out perfectly (as always with Wilde’s plays) and so much sexism. The line “a man’s life is more important than a woman’s life” was uttered twice, two times too many. I know it was written in the late 1800’s but still. As well, it ended too perfectly. Every single one of Wilde’s plays end too perfectly other than Salomè, even though that one has a plethora of problems as well.

It was a good play with a lot of twists, I just would prefer a less perfect ending and a lot less sexism.