The play questions the nature and purpose of the institution of marriage, poking fun at the morals, assumptions and constraints found in Victorian values. During the play's release, Wilde's social life was aired to the Victorian public after an altercation with his lover's father, resulting in him being sent to prison for his homosexual relationship. Oscar Wilde (1884-1900) was an Irish author, playwright and poet. He moved from Dublin to Oxford where he studied under renowned art critics Walter Pater and John Ruskin and became associated with the literary and philosophical movement of Aestheticism.

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Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was a renowned Irish poet, playwright, and novelist, widely recognized as a leading figure in the late 19th-century Aesthetic movement. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant style, and social critiques, he was one of London's most successful dramatists in the early 1890s before his dramatic downfall, conviction for homosexuality, and subsequent death in exile.