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This 1895 play revolves around blackmail and political corruption. The theme of public and private honor runs throughout the work. The play opens at a fashionable dinner party in London. Several guests are involved in a plot to build a canal through Argentina. Blackmail, past love interests, and deceit are rampant. Surprisingly there just may be a happy ending after all.

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This 1895 play revolves around blackmail and political corruption. The theme of public and private honor runs throughout the work. The play opens at a fashionable dinner party in London. Several guests are involved in a plot to build a canal through Argentina. Blackmail, past love interests, and deceit are rampant. Surprisingly there just may be a happy ending after all.
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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, poet, and novelist, known for his biting wit, defense of aesthetics, and defiance of social conventions. The author of celebrated comedies, including The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and the iconic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, at the height of his fame he was sentenced to two years' hard labor for "gross indecency" with men. He died penniless in Paris three years after his release from prison. He ranks among the most celebrated writers in English literature.