Did Oscar Wilde Write a Burmese Play? A Burmese Writer Looks for Clues in the Thatch Roofs, Monks, Sarongs, and Burmese Names That Appear in For Love of the King

Abstract

The very interesting and richly coloured masque or pantomimic play which is here printed in book form for the first time, was invented some time 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 It was written, not for publication, but as a personal gift to the author’s friend and friend of his family, Mrs.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 : : : . For a long while Mrs. Chan Toon, who after her husband’s death became Mrs. WoodhousePearse, refused to permit the masque to be printed : : : . An arrangement, however, having been completed, the play is now made public. (Wilde 1922) The Journal of Burma Studies Vol. 25, No. 1 (2021), pp. 135–148 © 2021 Center for Burma Studies