Arbuthnot knew Lord Illingworth some twenty years earlier, despises him and is strongly opposed to the idea of her son becoming his private secretary. Arbuthnot, to join her at her house so that she can celebrate the young man's good fortune. Lady Hunstanton invites Gerald's mother, initially referred to simply as Mrs. Not only would it be much better paid than his current job, it would also allow him to leave his small hometown, travel the world and come into contact with many other sophisticated and influential people. Accepting the offer would appear to be an enormous advancement for the young man. He offers the young man a job as his private secretary. In spite of their differences in social status, Lord Illingworth takes an immediate liking to Gerald Arbuthnot. He is regarded as being of a lower social class than the majority of the other guests because he is obliged to work for a living as a bank clerk. He lives nearby and his mother is a friend of Lady Hunstanton. Another one of the guests is a young man of about twenty named Gerald Arbuthnot. Allonby whose personality is very similar to Lord Illingworth's.
Those guests include a wealthy American heiress named Hester Worsley, the nobleman Lord Illingworth who has a reputation for being wicked and a woman known as Mrs. The majority of the characters in the play are guests of Lady Hunstanton who are joining her at her home for a series of festivities. Most of the action of A Woman of No Importance takes place at an English country house that is the home to an aristocratic woman known as Lady Jane Hunstanton. James's Theatre and its plot and themes are similar to those of the earlier play. A Woman of No Importance was commissioned as a direct result of the critical and commercial success of Wilde's 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan at London's St. It was first performed at the Haymarket Theatre in London's West End on April 19, 1893. It is a romantic comedy that satirizes the British upper classes. Promotional image for a 2015 London production of A Woman of No Importance.Ī Woman of No Importance is a play by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde.
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