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A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde is "a new and original play of modern life", in four acts, first given on 19 April 1893 at the Haymarket Theatre, London. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirises English upper-class society.
Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London. [1] The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman; she confronts him with it.
Nov 15, 2019 · Lady Windermere's fan ; Salome ; A woman of no importance ; An ideal husband ; The importance of being earnest. by. Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Publication date. 1998. Publisher. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
Plays : Lady Windermere's fan ; A woman of no importance ; An ideal husband ; The importance of being earnest ; Salomé by Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 ; Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Oscar Wilde, Alfred Bruce Douglas (Translation on Salomé) 4.32. 7,868 ratings140 reviews. This Penguin collection contains Oscar Wilde's five wittiest and best known plays. He himself described Lady Windermere's Fan his first great stage success, as 'one of those modern drawing-room plays with pink lampshades'.
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Lady Windermere’s Fan is Oscar Wilde’s seriocomic look at marriage in four acts. All of the elements of farce are present, however, the author’s twist of sardonic amusement at Victorian thought and sensibility make the difference in the tenor of the play and also in the complexity of the outcome.
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Wilde wrote nine plays in all between 1879 and 1894. His fame as a dramatist rests on four comedies – Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest –, and the tragedy Salomé. His plays continue to dazzle audiences even a century after his death.
