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Plays of Oscar Wilde: A Woman Of No Importance (1983)

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Wilde, Oscar

Wilde, Oscar
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
A Woman Of No Importance (1983)

Act I

Summary:

The scene is Hunstanton Chase, a large English country house. There is a
house party in progress. On the lawn, several of the guests are in
conversation. There is Hester Worsley, an American girl, rich and pretty, and
also Sir John and Lady Caroline Pontefract. They are joined by Lady
Hunstanton, their hostess, and then by Gerald Arbuthnot, a young man who works
as a clerk in a bank. Gerald brings good news. Lord Illingworth, an
influential man who is also staying at the house, has offered him the position
of his ...

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