An Ideal Husband opens as a public comedy about political hypocrisy
The January 1895 Ideal Husband made political hypocrisy a public comedy. A comedy can warn a public about purity-blackmail in office. In the causal graph this event strengthens Democratic Resilience, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.
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The January 1895 Ideal Husband made political hypocrisy a public comedy.
Context
One play, two signs. A comedy can warn a public about purity-blackmail in office.
Oscar Wilde’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Why it matters
A public play about a politician’s hidden vote-file is a resilience teaching object.
January is not May’s verdict.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Oscar Wilde
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.55 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactAn Ideal Husband opens as a public comedy about political hypocrisy
- strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
- strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 4 January 1895 · verified
A public play about a politician’s hidden vote-file is a resilience teaching object.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.35 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.7)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Project Gutenberg — Oscar Wilde author pageProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Oscar WildeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Britannica and Gutenberg independently date the Haymarket opening.
Established: January 1895 public opening. Not established: a unique corruption index.
Contribution type is direct.
Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorOscar Wilde
- contributed toFactAn Ideal Husband opens as a public comedy about political hypocrisy
- strengthensDriverDemocratic Resilience
- strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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Factrail. (2026). An Ideal Husband opens as a public comedy about political hypocrisy. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-ideal-husband-access-1895
https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-ideal-husband-access-1895
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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