A Woman of No Importance

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An earnest young American woman, a louche English lord, and an innocent young chap join a house party of fin de siècle fools andgrotesques. Nearby a woman lives, cradling a long buried secret. Wilde’s marriage of glittering wit and Ibsenite drama create a vivid new theatrical voice.

Cast & Crew

(Writer), (Director), Eve Best (MRS ARBUTHNOT), Anne Reid (Lady Hunstanton), Eleanor Bron (Lady Caroline Pontefract), Crystal Clarke (Hester Worsley), Emma Fielding (Mrs Allonby), Dominic Rowan (Lord Illingworth), William Gaunt (Rev Daubeny), Sam Cox (Sir John Pontefract)

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