LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN
A PLAY
ABOUT A GOOD WOMAN
BY
OSCAR WILDE
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METHUEN & CO. LTD.
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_Sixteenth Edition_
_First Published_ _1893_
_First Issued by Methuen & Co. Ltd._ (_Limited Editions on _1908_
Hand-made Paper and Japanese Vellum_) _February_
_Third Edition_ (_F’cap_ 8_vo_, 5_s._ _net_) _September_ _1909_
_Fourth Edition_ (5_s._ _net_) _June_ _1910_
_Fifth Edition_ (_F’cap_ 8_vo_, 1_s._ _net_) _November 3rd_ _1911_
_Sixth Edition_ (1_s._ _net_) _November_ _1911_
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_net_) _1914_, _Twelfth Edition_ (1_s._ _net_) _1915_,
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Fifteenth Edition_ (1_s._ _net_) _1917_
_Sixteenth Edition_ (5_s._ _net_) _1917_
_The literary and dramatic rights of_ “_Lady Windermere’s Fan_” _belong
to Sir George Alexander_, _by arrangement with whom this play is included
in this edition_. _The acting version_ (_Samuel French_) _does not
contain the complete text_.
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TO
THE DEAR MEMORY
OF
ROBERT EARL OF LYTTON
IN AFFECTION
AND
ADMIRATION
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THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
Lord Windermere
Lord Darlington
Lord Augustus Lorton
Mr. Dumby
Mr. Cecil Graham
Mr. Hopper
Parker, Butler
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Lady Windermere
The Duchess of Berwick
Lady Agatha Carlisle
Lady Plymdale
Lady Stutfield
Lady Jedburgh
Mrs. Cowper-Cowper
Mrs. Erlynne
Rosalie, Maid
THE SCENES OF THE PLAY
ACT I. _Morning-room in Lord Windermere’s
house_.