A WOMAN OF
NO IMPORTANCE
A PLAY
BY
OSCAR WILDE
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METHUEN & CO., LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
_Eighth Edition_
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_First Printed_ _1894_
_First Issued by Methuen and Co._ (_Limited _February_ _1908_
Editions on Handmade Paper and Japanese
Vellum_)
_Third Edition_ _September_ _1909_
_Fourth Edition_ _May_ _1910_
_Fifth Edition_ _December_ _1911_
_Sixth Edition_ _March_ _1913_
_Seventh Edition_ (_Cheap Form_) _October_ _1916_
_Eighth Edition_ _1919_
_The dramatic rights of_ ‘_A Woman of No Importance_’ _belong to Sir
Herbert Beerbohm Tree and to Robert Ross_, _executor and administrator of
Oscar Wilde’s estate_.
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TO
GLADYS
COUNTESS DE GREY
[MARCHIONESS OF RIPON]
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THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
LORD ILLINGWORTH
SIR JOHN PONTEFRACT
LORD ALFRED RUFFORD
MR. KELVIL, M.P.
THE VEN. ARCHDEACON DAUBENY, D.D.
GERALD ARBUTHNOT
FARQUHAR, Butler
FRANCIS, Footman
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LADY HUNSTANTON
LADY CAROLINE PONTEFRACT
LADY STUTFIELD
MRS. ALLONBY
MISS HESTER WORSLEY
ALICE, Maid
MRS. ARBUTHNOT
THE SCENES OF THE PLAY
ACT I. _The Terrace at Hunstanton Chase_.