Beschreibung

Vera or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde.
It is a tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the life of Vera Zasulich. It was
Wilde's first play, and the first to be performed. A draft of the script was completed
in 1880 and the following year arrangements were made for a one-off staging in
London with Mrs. Bernard-Beere in the title role, but the production was cancelled.
The first performance was in 1883 at New York's Union Square Theatre, and was
based on revisions made by Wilde while lecturing in America in 1882 The play,
which starred Marie Prescott as Vera, was not a success and folded after only one
week. It is rarely revived.