A Woman Of No Importance

A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde is "a new and original play of modern life", in four acts, first given on 19 April 1893 at the Haymarket Theatre, London. Like Wildes other society plays, it satirises English upper-class society.Oscar Wildes audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnots long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstantons country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Geralds mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will believe Lord Illingworth to be a man of no importance?