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The Importance of Being Earnest (Four Act)
Oscar Wilde
A Woman of No Importance
by Oscar Wilde
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Synopsis
Staged in 1893, when Wilde had already achieved fame, wealth andnotoriety, A Woman of No Importance was another attempt to fuse comedyof manners with high melodrama.
Gerald Arbuthnot is a young man on themake, with an American heiress and the post of secretary to thebrilliant but dissolute Lord Illingworth within his reach.
When he askshis mother to celebrate with them, it turns out that Illingworth isGerald's father, who seduced and abandoned his mother twenty yearsearlier.
Loyalty weighs heavier than ambition, and Gerald declines theassociation with Illingworth.
This edition, which also analyses Wilde'svarious drafts and revisions of the play, argues that the playwrighthere continued to explore the rivalry between an older man and womanfor the affection of a beautiful young man.
Themes European
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Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance presented by L.A. Theatre Works
Publication
Publisher New Mermaid
Year 2007
Binding Paperback
Edition New
Pages 174
Language English
ISBN-13 9780713673517
ISBN-10 0713673516
eISBN-13 9781408145197
A Woman of No Importance is a British play written by Oscar Wilde and published by New Mermaid (2007).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle, Google Play (eISBN 9781408145197).
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