“Smooth-flowing direction, a shrewdly pruned script and a top-flight ensemble cast that visibly relishes both the dialogue and one another’s perfs make this a tony item for upscale, mature audiences.”
Sir Robert Chiltern (Jeremy Northam) is a respected government official and loving husband to his wife Lady Chiltern (Cate Blanchett). But Sir Robert’s carefree existence is threatened when old acquaintance Laura Cheveley (Julianne Moore) arrives in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed, forcing him to turn for help to his friend, professional idler and notorious womanizer, Lord Arthur Goring (Rupert Everett)… As well as containing Wilde’s trademark witty dialogue, An Ideal Husband also showcases his concern with the values of unselfish love and forgiveness, and the brilliant supporting cast includes the likes of the Peter Vaughan, Lindsay Duncan, Minnie Driver, Simon Russell Beale.
