A Woman of No Importance
by Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Methuen & Co. 1893
ISBN/ASIN: B004PLNIY0
Number of pages: 86
Description:
The play premiered on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. It is a testimony of Wilde's wit and his brand of dark comedy. It looks in particular at English upper class society and has been reproduced on stages in Europe and North America since his death in 1900.
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