The Duchess of Padua

The Duchess of Padua
"Alackaday! I am fallen so low in place. I can reward thee only with niggardly thanks."
Written by	Oscar Wilde
Date premiered	January 26th, 1891
Place premiered	The Broadway Theatre, New York City, United States
Original language	English
Genre	Tragedy
Setting	Padua, Italy

The Duchess of Padua is a five-act tragedy by Oscar Wilde, set in Padua and written in blank verse. It was written for the actress Mary Anderson in early 1883 while Wilde was in Paris. After she turned it down, it was abandoned until its first performance at the Broadway Theatre in New York City under the title Guido Ferranti on 26 January 1891, where it ran for three weeks. It has been rarely revived or studied.^[1]