Noël Coward theatre, LondonMax Webster's frisky Oscar Wilde revival, first seen at the National Theatre, arrives in the West End with a new cast Oscar Wilde's comedy was, he said, "written by a butterfly, for butterflies". Real life may threaten: the mercenary Victorian marriage market and cruel policing of desire that bit Wilde himself so savagely after the 1895 premiere. But the play holds us in a giddy bubble, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM on October 1, 2025