full length · comedy · Victorian London
An Ideal Husband
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Characters
| Lord Goring | lead | 359 speeches |
| Sir Robert Chiltern | lead | 209 speeches |
| Mrs. Cheveley | supporting | 167 speeches |
| Lady Chiltern | supporting | 141 speeches |
| Mabel Chiltern | supporting | 90 speeches |
| Lord Caversham | supporting | 79 speeches |
| Phipps | minor | 34 speeches |
| Lady Markby | minor | 33 speeches |
| Mrs. Marchmont | minor | 23 speeches |
| Lady Basildon | minor | 22 speeches |
| Mason | minor | 9 speeches |
| Mrs | minor | 9 speeches |
| Vicomte De Nanjac | minor | 9 speeches |
| James | minor | 4 speeches |
| Mr. Montford | minor | 3 speeches |
Read the play
Choose an act above to read — each is a separate page.
Monologues from this play
- Mrs. Cheveley monologue (Act 1) — An Ideal Husband
- Mrs. Cheveley monologue (Act 1) — An Ideal Husband
- Mabel Chiltern monologue (Act 1) — An Ideal Husband
- Lady Chiltern monologue (Act 1) — An Ideal Husband
- Sir Robert Chiltern monologue (Act 2) — An Ideal Husband
- Lord Goring monologue (Act 2) — An Ideal Husband
- Mabel Chiltern monologue (Act 2) — An Ideal Husband
- Mabel Chiltern monologue (Act 2) — An Ideal Husband
- Lady Markby monologue (Act 2) — An Ideal Husband
- Lady Markby monologue (Act 2) — An Ideal Husband
- Lady Markby monologue (Act 2) — An Ideal Husband
- Sir Robert Chiltern monologue (Act 2) — An Ideal Husband
- Lord Goring monologue (Act 3) — An Ideal Husband
- Lord Caversham monologue (Act 3) — An Ideal Husband
- Mrs. Cheveley monologue (Act 3) — An Ideal Husband
- Sir Robert Chiltern monologue (Act 3) — An Ideal Husband
- Mrs. Cheveley monologue (Act 3) — An Ideal Husband
- Lord Goring monologue (Act 3) — An Ideal Husband
- Mrs. Cheveley monologue (Act 3) — An Ideal Husband
- Lord Goring monologue (Act 4) — An Ideal Husband
- Sir Robert Chiltern monologue (Act 4) — An Ideal Husband
- Lady Chiltern monologue (Act 4) — An Ideal Husband