{"product_id":"a-woman-of-no-importance-9780713673517","title":"A Woman of No Importance","description":"Staged in 1893, when Wilde had already achieved fame, wealth and\u003cbr\u003enotoriety, A Woman of No Importance was another attempt to fuse comedy\u003cbr\u003eof manners with high melodrama. Gerald Arbuthnot is a young man on the\u003cbr\u003emake, with an American heiress and the post of secretary to the\u003cbr\u003ebrilliant but dissolute Lord Illingworth within his reach. When he asks\u003cbr\u003ehis mother to celebrate with them, it turns out that Illingworth is\u003cbr\u003eGerald's father, who seduced and abandoned his mother twenty years\u003cbr\u003eearlier. Loyalty weighs heavier than ambition, and Gerald declines the\u003cbr\u003eassociation with Illingworth. This edition, which also analyses Wilde's\u003cbr\u003evarious drafts and revisions of the play, argues that the playwright\u003cbr\u003ehere continued to explore the rivalry between an older man and woman\u003cbr\u003efor the affection of a beautiful young man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oscar Wilde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.79h x 5.25w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780713673517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilde, Oscar:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (b. Dublin, 1854) was an Irish playwright, who wrote one of the best loved comedies in the English language - \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e (1895). A leading wit and conversationalist in London society, his career was destroyed at its height when he was imprisoned for homosexual offences. Wilde was born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Magdalen College, Oxford. Settling in London, he became famous for his extravagant dress, long hair, and paradoxical views on art, literature, and morality. His first play, \u003ci\u003eVera \u003c\/i\u003e(1880), a tragedy about Russian nihilists, was produced in New York to poor reviews. Success in the theatre came with the elegant drawing-room comedy \u003ci\u003eLady Windermere's Fan\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eA Woman of No Importance\u003c\/i\u003e (1893) was another success. Other works for the theatre were\u003ci\u003e An Ideal Husband\u003c\/i\u003e (1895) and the biblical \u003ci\u003eSalomé \u003c\/i\u003e(1896), written in French for Sarah Bernhardt. Wilde flaunted his homosexual affairs, including his ill-fated liaison with Lord Alfred Douglas. Following a celebrated trial in 1895 he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. The sentence led to public humiliation, poor health, and bankruptcy. On his release in 1897 he left for France and remained in exile there until his death in 1900.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40387193503859,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2f10f101-75db-46e4-ba36-d349b0db4f16.jpg?v=1661522073","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/a-woman-of-no-importance-9780713673517","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}