La Boite Theatre gives us a rollicking, queer and very Australian adaptation of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband
- Written by: Dennis Altman, VC Fellow LaTrobe University, La Trobe University
La Boite/Morgan RobertsReview: An Ideal Husband, directed by Bridget Boyle
An Ideal Husband was first performed in January 1895. Less than two months later Lord Queenberry left his infamous card accusing Wilde of “posing as a sodomite”, which led to Wilde suing for criminal libel – and then being arrested and imprisoned.
The play...
