Welcome! Covid and Zoom and social media, oh my!

 Hello - here we'll be transposing the late 19th-century Victorian world of Oscar Wilde's classic play, An Ideal Husband, to contemporary 2020 somewhere-in-the-vicinity-of-Provo-by-way-of-London, complete with social media, Tik Tok trends, and an overwhelming dependence on smartphones. What's an up-and-coming politician and a clever girl with a sense for smart fashion to do? Whatever it is, it'll end up online!

Let's dig in!

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