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王爾德戲劇選
精選王爾德五部戲劇，少奶奶的扇子、沒份量的女人、理想丈夫三部，以精心設計的情節與俏皮風趣的台詞創造空前的藝術成就，莎樂美描繪戀愛中男女的狂熱心理，筆法細膩，刻劃入微。王爾德代表作不可兒戲，嘲諷英國上流社會的虛偽與貪婪，是集王爾德的戲劇特色之大成。
Lady Windermere‘s Fan 少奶奶的扇子
溫德米爾勳爵與妻子感情甚篤，更是上流社會公認的好男人，然而歐琳太太出現之後，溫夫人發現自己不再認識自己的丈夫。因為深愛而導致蒙蔽，將兩人的關係帶向毀滅，關鍵時刻伸出援手的卻是眾所鄙夷的那個壞女人……。
A paragon of morality, Lady Windermere firmly rejects the company of anyone exhibiting even the slightest deviation from the social code. Suspecting her husband of a dalliance with Mrs. Erlynne, a woman of dubious reputation, Lady Windermere rashly decides to abandon her secure position for the seductive charms of Lord Darlington. The voice of caution arises from an unexpected source when the mysterious Mrs. Erlynne reveals the calamitous effects of her own disregard for duty and virtue, and she augments her advice with an act of self-sacrifice. By laying claim to Lady Windermere‘s telltale fan, the woman from outside society shows the model of social propriety the difference between true morality and its semblance.
A Woman of No Importance 沒份量的女人
易林華斯伯爵，英國上流社會的重量級人物。在一次的邀約聚會中，認識了從美國來的海斯特‧武斯利小姐，並被其特立獨行與聰慧的見解吸引，於是他與友人定下約定，在短期之內會將武小姐追到手。另一方面，由於公事繁重，易伯爵也聘請了年輕的銀行小職員傑若為秘書，並準備好好栽培傑若，只是他萬萬沒想到，在聚會上遇到他二十年前所拋棄的情人竟是傑若的母親……
Gerald Arbuthnot is a young gentleman on the make, with an American heiress and the post of secretary to the brilliant but dissolute Lord Illingworth within his reach. But it is discovered that Lord Illingworth is Gerald‘s father, who seduced and abandoned his mother twenty years earlier. Horrified to find her son singing the praises of her seducer, Mrs Arbuthnot refuses to allow Gerald to continue in his service, and Gerald must choose between his wronged mother and a glittering career.
An Ideal Husband 理想丈夫
齊爾敦爵士的事業與家庭皆幸福美滿，他是受人尊敬的出色政客，同時也是美麗妻子的理想丈夫。然而，當舊識薛芙麗夫人出現，並威脅要公開過去那不可告人的秘密，一向鎮定自若的齊爾敦亂了陣腳，只能求助風流倜儻的好友高凌。高凌對道德與愛情有獨到見解，卻發現自己陷入了更大的麻煩……。
An Ideal Husband revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards — providing, along the way, a wry commentary on the rarity of politicians who can claim to be ethically pure. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, an overbearing father, and a formidable femme fatale continually exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the play moving at a lively pace.
The Importance of Being Earnest 不可兒戲
傑克住在鄉下，為了逃避兩個女人，乃佯稱有個浪子弟弟在城裡，須要常去城裡照顧；亞吉能住在城裡，為了逃避兩個女人，也偽託有個病人朋友在鄉下，須要常去鄉下陪守。這種種倒影回聲交織成天羅地網的對比，而就在這骨架上，情節推移，事件發展，一波波未平又起，激起問妙答的浪花。
十九世紀的英國全能作家王爾德的喜劇代表作《不可兒戲》，被譽為現代英國戲劇的奠基之作。他以獨特的繡口與生花妙筆，嘲諷當時貴族虛榮又虛偽的姿態，處處機鋒，雋語逼人。
Oscar Wilde‘s most brilliant tour de force. The Importance of Being Earnest is celebrated not only for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot, but for its inspired dialogue, rich with scintillating epigrams still savored by all who enjoy artful conversation.
From the play‘s effervescent beginnings in Algernon Moncrieff‘s London flat to its hilarious denouement in the drawing room of Jack Worthing‘s country manor in Hertfordshire, this comic masterpiece keeps audiences breathlessly anticipating a new bon mot or a fresh twist of plot moment to moment.
Salome 莎樂美
王爾德筆下的沙樂美，是美艷、性感、危險、頹廢的。王爾德的莎樂美雖然仍然以聖經為藍本，但卻顛覆了以往基督教傳統文化中的莎樂美形象，從此莎樂美成為現代藝術中經常出現的人物形象。在劇裡，因為施洗約翰拒絕了沙樂美的愛，使沙樂美在為希律王演出了七層紗舞之後向父王要求要了約翰的頭。然而當希律王把施洗約翰的頭放在她面前，她卻捧著約翰的頭談情說愛而拒絕了希律王的要求。這使希律王十分震怒，並下令把莎樂美同樣地砍頭。
《莎樂美》一劇也成為唯美主義藝術的代表作。
The play tells in one act the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather‘s dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils.
