An Ideal Husband
ACT I. _The Octagon Room in Sir Robert Chiltern’s House in Grosvenor
Square_.
ACT II. _Morning-room in Sir Robert Chiltern’s House_.
ACT III. _The Library of Lord Goring’s House in Curzon Street_.
ACT IV. _Same as Act II_.
TIME: _The Present_
PLACE: _London_.
_The action of the play is completed within twenty-four hours_.
THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET
_Sole Lessee_: _Mr. Herbert Beerbohm Tree_
_Managers_: _Mr. Lewis Walle
MRS. MARCHMONT. Going on to the Hartlocks’ to-night, Margaret?
LADY BASILDON. I suppose so. Are you?
MRS. MARCHMONT. Yes. Horribly tedious parties they give, don’t they?
LADY BASILDON. Horribly tedious! Never know why I go. Never know why I
go anywhere.
MRS. MARCHMONT. I come here to be educated.
LADY BASILDON. Ah! I hate being educated!
MRS. MARCHMONT. So do I.
