Description:
A young man's personal and professional life unravel when a family secret is exposed. A Woman of No Importance, by Oscar Wilde, is a society play similar to Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest. An unsuspecting clerk makes a startling revelation regarding his mother and wealthy employer.
Brief description:
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a Dublin-born poet and playwright who studied at the Portora Royal School, before attending Trinity College and Magdalen College, Oxford. The son of two writers, Wilde grew up in an intellectual environment. As a young man, his poetry appeared in various periodicals including Dublin University Magazine. In 1881, he published his first book Poems, an expansive collection of his earlier works. His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was released in 1890 followed by the acclaimed plays Lady Windermere's Fan (1893) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).