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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. [1] Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirises English upper-class society.
A Woman of No Importance is an 1893 play by Oscar Wilde. A Woman of No Importance may also refer to: A Woman of No Importance (1921 film), a British drama film, based on the Oscar Wilde play; A Woman of No Importance (1936 film), a German drama film, based on the Oscar Wilde play
In June 1893, with his second drawing room play, A Woman of No Importance, running successfully at the Haymarket Theatre, Oscar Wilde began writing An Ideal Husband for the actor-manager John Hare. He completed the first act while staying at a house he had taken in Goring-by-Sea, after which he named a leading character in the play. [1]
A Woman of No Importance (German: Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Hans Steinhoff and starring Gustaf Gründgens, Käthe Dorsch and Friedrich Kayßler. It is based on Oscar Wilde's play A Woman of No Importance. [1] It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde [a] (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s.
In 1994, Campion became the second woman to be nominated for directing a film. "The Piano," about a mute piano player and her daughter, stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, and Anna Paquin, who won ...
OPINION: Michelle Obama’s silent stand: A refusal that echoes the power of Black women saying ‘no’ to emotional labor. TheGrio’s Natasha S. Alford explains. Editor’s note: The following ...
A Woman of No Importance (French: Une femme sans importance) is a 1937 French drama film directed by Jean Choux and starring Pierre Blanchar, Lisette Lanvin and Marguerite Templey. [1] It is an adaptation of the 1893 play A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss.