An Ideal Husband – Duologue: Mrs Cheveley & Sir Robert Chiltern (1)
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SIR ROBERT CHLITERN, an MP at the House of Commons is holding a dinner party at his Grosvenor Square home. MRS CHEVELEY has been invited by another guest, and takes this opportunity to talk to SIR ROBERT about a business transaction of hers in which he can be of use. In this scene she is setting him up to blackmail him. Â
An Ideal Husband
By Oscar Wilde
Adapted by scriptsandsketches.com
Duologue:Â Characters: SIR ROBERT CHILTERN, MRS CHEVELEY
SIR ROBERT CHILTERN: (Bowing). Ah! Everyone is dying to know the brilliant Mrs Cheveley. Our attaches at Vienna write to us about nothing else.
MRS CHEVELEY: Thank you, Sir Robert. An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship. It starts in the right manner. And I find that I know Lady Chiltern already.
SIR ROBERTÂ CHILTERN: Really?
MRS CHEVELEY: Yes. She has just reminded me that we were at school together. I remember it perfectly now. She always got the good conduct prize. I have a distinct recollection of Lady Chiltern always getting the good conduct prize!
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