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A Woman of No Importance. A Woman of No Importance is a play by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The play premièred on 19 April 1893 at London's Haymarket Theatre. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirizes English upper class society. It has been performed on stages in Europe and North America since his death in 1900.
Oscar Wilde is probably the top Irish writer of the 19th century. There is only one Oscar Wilde novel among a body of work that includes many poems, plays and short stories. Oscar Wilde lived and worked in England and was certainly one of the most famous men – both as a writer and a personality – in Victorian London.
Apr 30, 2024 · Oscar Wilde. Irish author. Also known as: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, Sebastian Melmoth. Written by. Karl Beckson. Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Editor of Aesthetes and Decadents of the 1890's; Oscar Wilde: The Critical Heritage. Karl Beckson. Fact-checked by.
Oscar Wilde Books The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet who delighted Victorian England with his legendary wit. He found critical and popular success with his scintillating plays, chiefly The Importance of Being Earnest, while his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, scandalized readers.
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854- November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. One of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day, known for his barbed and clever wit, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Dramatized) By: Oscar Wilde, David Llewellyn. Narrated by: Alexander Vlahos, Miles Richardson, Marcus Hutton, Aysha Kala, James Unsworth, Ian Hallard. Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins. Release date: 09-11-15.
The House of Pomegranates (1892) – Another collection of short stories featuring “The Birthday of the Infanta”, “The Young King”, “The Star-Child” and “The Fisherman and His Soul”. Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) – A four-act comedy that satirizes the morals of society. A Woman of No Importance (1893) – A play that ...
