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Review of ‘An Ideal Husband’ (2026, Lyric Hammersmith): “Company’s better half shines despite others’ ungroomed acting”

You can’t go wrong with Oscar Wilde. Unless, of course, the National Theatre gets involved — their latest, irritatingly fatuous production of Earnest speaks for itself. Fortunately, this isn’t another attempt to dumb down the sharpness and sass pouring through the pen of one of the most celebrated playwrights in the English language. And although…
