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A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde Scanned and proofed by David Price ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
A Woman of No Importance
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

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. ACT II. The Drawing-room at Hunstanton Chase. ACT III. The Hall at Hunstanton Chase. ACT IV. Sitting-room in Mrs. Arbuthnot's House at Wrockley.
TIME: The Present.

PLACE: The Shires.
The action of the play takes place within twenty-four hours.
LONDON: HAYMARKET THEATRE
Lessee and Manager: Mr. H Beerbohm Tree

April 19th, 1893
Lord Illingworth, Mr. Tree

Sir John Pontefract, Mr. E. Holman Clark

Lord Alfred Rufford, Mr. Ernest Lawford

Mr. Kelvil, M.P., Mr. Charles Allan.

The Ven. Archdeacon Daubeny, D.D., Mr. Kemble

Gerald Arbuthnot, Mr. Terry

Farquhar, Butler, Mr. Hay

Francis, Footman, Mr. Montague

Lady Hunstanton, Miss Rose Leclercq

Lady Caroline Pontefract, Miss Le Thiere

Lady Stutfield, Miss Blanche Horlock

Mrs. Allonby, Mrs. Tree

Miss Hester Worsley, Miss Julia Neilson

Alice, Maid, Miss Kelly

Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mrs. Bernard-Beere
FIRST ACT
SCENE
Lawn in front of the terrace at Hunstanton.
[SIR JOHN and LADY CAROLINE PONTEFRACT, MISS WORSLEY, on chairs under large yew tree.]
LADY CAROLINE. I believe this is the first English country house you have stayed at, Miss Worsley?
HESTER. Yes, Lady Caroline.
LADY CAROLINE. You have no country houses, I am told, in America?
HESTER. We have not many.
LADY CAROLINE. Have you any country? What we should call country?
HESTER. [Smiling.] We have the largest country in the world, Lady Caroline. They used to tell us at school that some of our states are as big as France and England put together.
LADY CAROLINE. Ah! you must find it very draughty, I should fancy. [To SIR JOHN.] John, you should have your muffler. What is the use of my always knitting mufflers for you if you won't wear them?
SIR JOHN. I am quite warm, Caroline, I assure you.
LADY CAROLINE. I think not, John. Well, you couldn't come to a more charming place than this, Miss Worsley, though the house is excessively damp, quite unpardonably damp, and dear Lady Hunstanton is sometimes a little lax about the people she asks down here. ............

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