A Woman of No Importance

by Oscar Wilde

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Dramatis Personae

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• 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

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.