This volume contains everything Wilde wrote in dramatic formWildes masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest is printed here in its usual three-act form; but with an appendix containing the best material from the original four-act version. Also included are his three problem plays; Lady Windermeres Fan; A Woman of No Importance and An Ideal Husband; as well as his once-banned Salome and several other little-known but fascinating dramas. H. Montgomery Hyde; an acknowledged expert on Wilde and author of several books on him; provides an introduction to Wildes life and work with special attention to the composition and performance of the plays."Wilde is to me our only thorough playwright. He plays with everything: with wit; with philosophy; with drama; with actors and audiences; with the whole theatre" (George Bernard Shaw)
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful. Not the best. but right up thereBy Eric SedenskyI resisted buying this book for the longest time. simply because. already owning The Real Book: Sixth Edition and The Real Book - Volume II (C Instruments): C Instruments 2nd Edition (Fake Book). I had charts for more songs than I could learn or play in a lifetime. But then. I had a chance to peruse one in a music store. and found it had a lot of tunes that I really wanted to play. including The Jive Samba. Witchcraft. and Poinciana. Then when I got the book home and saw how well it complimented my other Real Books. I wondered why I ever hesitated. Yes. its true that volumes 1 and 2 contain a lot more of the jazz standards that you are more likely to hear and want to play. but I think this volume is a good investment for diversifying your tune selection and for an overall broadening of your jazz scope. After all. how many times can you play Autumn Leaves and All The Things You Are before you start boring your audience to tears? Jazz performers and musicians. get this book. You wont be disappointed.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Kindle - title and music on separate pages!By Michael B. MillerKindle Version: Vol. 1 is OK. but Vols. II - IV (at least) have a weird shortcoming: If you read them using the web-based reader. the title is detached from the music. so you get a page with just the title on it and a separate page with the music and no title. This seems to be true of every song from Vols. II to IV. Also. when reading on the Kindle Reader in Fire HD 8 or Android. if I enlarge a page. only the music enlarges and it then covers up the title. The title seems to be plain text while the music is a scanned image. Its different with Vol. 1 -- that is all scanned. so its like the book and it looks like the book. The title is not detached from the music.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Gotta have itBy Frito-LayWhole lot of tunes in there that youve either never heard or forgotten. Quality printing and comb-bound.
