Oscar Wilde wrote nine plays in all between 1879 and 1894. His fame as a dramatist rests on
four comedies Lady Windermere's Fan A Woman of No Importance An Ideal Husband The
Importance of Being Earnest and the tragedy Salomé. His plays continue to dazzle audiences
even a century after his death. Contents: - Vera The Duchess Of Padua - Lady Windermere's Fan -
A Woman Of No Importance - Salomé - Salome (English Version) - An Ideal Husband - The
Importance Of Being Earnest - La Sainte Courtisane - A Florentine Tragedy - Oscar Wilde (1854 -
1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright novelist poet and critic. He is regarded as one of the
greatest playwrights of the Victorian Era. In his lifetime he wrote nine plays one novel and
numerous poems short stories and essays. Wilde was a proponent of the Aesthetic movement
which emphasized aesthetic values more than moral or social themes. This doctrine is most
clearly summarized in the phrase 'art for art's sake'.
