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    For Love of the King a Burmese Masque
    For Love of the King a Burmese Masque
    For Love of the King a Burmese Masque
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    For Love of the King a Burmese Masque

    By Oscar Wilde

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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    Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 and died on the 30th November 1900. He was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest.

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      For Love of the King a Burmese Masque - Oscar Wilde

      For Love of the King, by Oscar Wilde

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      Title: For Love of the King

      a Burmese Masque

      Author: Oscar Wilde

      Release Date: October 28, 2007 [eBook #23229]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOR LOVE OF THE KING***

      Transcribed from the [1922] Methuen and Co./Jarrold and Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

      FOR

      LOVE OF THE KING

      A BURMESE MASQUE

      by

      OSCAR WILDE

      methuen & co. ltd.

      36 essex street w.c.

      london

      First Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. in 1922

      This Edition on handmade paper is limited to 1000 copies

      INTRODUCTORY NOTE

      The very interesting and richly coloured masque or pantomimic play which is here printed in book form for the first time, was invented sometime in 1894 or possibly a little earlier.  It was written, not for publication, but as a personal gift to the author’s friend and friend of his family, Mrs. Chan Toon, and was sent to her with the letter that follows and explains its origin.

      Mrs. Chan Toon, before her marriage to Mr. Chan Toon, a Burmese gentleman, nephew of the King of Burma and a barrister of the Middle Temple, was Miss Mabel Cosgrove, the daughter of Mr. Ernest Cosgrove of Lancaster Gate, a friend of Sir William and Lady Wilde, and herself brought up with Oscar and his brother Willie.

      For a long while Mrs. Chan Toon, who after her husband’s death became Mrs. Woodhouse-Pearse, refused to permit the masque to be printed.  The late Robert Ross much wanted to include it in an edition of Wilde’s works, of which it now forms a part, but he could not obtain its owner’s consent.  An arrangement, however, having been completed, the play is now made public.

      Tite Street, Chelsea,

      November

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