Word: wildean
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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...Isabel," first on the program, is an extravagant comedy of Wildean wit, which professes to have no aim or purpose except to entertain. The play opens in the middle of nowhere and rambles through three quite amusing acts, ending in the air. Philip Tonge, taking the part of the husband whose imaginative wife becomes interested in another man, is well qualified for the part, and his portrayal of an absent minded professor was received with much enthusiasm. A long third act is made possible by brilliant dialogue and a comical drunken scene. At the end, the caste of five receives...