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OscarWilde'scomplexidentity,asfamilymanandhomosexualoutsider,socialite,socialistandIrishnationalist,underpinshisuniqueinsightintorole-playingandthemasksweallwear.AWomanofNoImportance,forallitscharmandwit,exposesanaristocraticworldassmug,snobbishandmorallybankrupt.AnIdealHusbandportraysaglitteringdiplomaticgatheringwhichisrevealedasamasqueradetocoveruptheshadypastofaprominentestablishmentfigure.LadyWindermere'sFanisabrilliantcritiqueofconventionalmorality.InTheImportanceofBeingEarnesteverycharacterisrevealedasleadingahypocriticaldoublelife,whileSalomeandAFlorentineTragedydeployhistoricalsettingstoexplorethepoliticsofsexandgenderincontemporarysociety.Wildewasundoubtedlyabrilliantandwittywordsmith.Yet,asRichardCaveshowsinhisIntroduction,Wilde'sinnovativeuseofcolouranddesignandspatialrelationshipsonstagealsomadehisplays'revolutionaryinthetheatreoftheirtime'.