![]() Stage directions read by Amanda Friday Audio, edited by Elizabeth Klett. It looks in particular at English upper class society and has been reproduced on stages in Europe and North America since his death in 1900. It is a testimony of Wilde's wit and his brand of dark comedy. The play premired on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. When Gerald's mother pays a visit, however, the secret of his scandalous parentage will be revealed, and more than one future placed in jeopardy. A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. Wilde balances these worldly characters with a visiting young American woman, Hester Worsley, who becomes attracted to the earnest Gerald Arbuthnot, soon to become Lord Illingworth's secretary. Wilde thus appears to contradict the conclusions of his earlier work. Allonby and the dandyish Lord Illingworth. Mrs Arbuthnot, the fallen woman of ‘no importance’, performs all the acts of repentance that her predecessor eschewed: she conscientiously attends church, visits the poor and the sick, and leads a life of secluded virtue. The upper echelons of English society mix, mingle and flirt, including Lady Caroline Pontefract (who is on her fourth husband), the witty and ironic Mrs. A Woman of No Importance Kindle Edition by Oscar Wilde (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 30 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. ![]() A Woman of No Importance takes place in a 24-hour period during a house party hosted by Lady Hunstanton at her country estate. ![]()
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