The Duchess of Padua (Annotated with Criticism and Oscar Wilde Biography)

One of Oscar Wilde’s lesser known plays, the five act melodramatic tragedy is set in Padua and written in blank verse. It was written for the actress Mary Anderson in early 1883 while in Paris. After she turned it down, it was abandoned until its first performance at The Broadway Theatre in New York under the title Guido Ferranti on the 26th January 1891, where it ran for three weeks.

This edition of the Oscar Wilde’s play includes a short critical commentary; the book also includes a short essay examining Wilde’s life and and works.