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A PLAY ABOUT A GOOD WOMAN

OSCAR WILDE

METHUEN & CO. LTD
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

Sixteenth Edition First Published 1893

First Issued by Methuen & Co. Ltd. (Limited Editions on Hand-made Paper and Japanese Vellum) February 1908

Third Edition (F’cap 8vo, 5s. net) September 1909

Fourth Edition (5s. net) June 1910

Fifth Edition (F’cap 8vo, 1s. net) November 3rd 1911

Sixth Edition (1s. net) November 1911

Eighth Edition (1s. net) 1912, Ninth and Tenth Editions (1s. net) 1913, Eleventh Edition (1s. net) 1914, Twelfth Edition (1s. net) 1915, Thirteenth Edition (1s. net) 1916, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Edition (1s. net) 1917

Sixteenth Edition (5s. net) 1917

TO
THE DEAR MEMORY
OF
ROBERT EARL OF LYTTON
IN AFFECTION
AND
ADMIRATION

Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton By Lock & Whitfield - Yale Art Gallery, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42747521. Edward Lytton also wrote poetry under the name Owen Meredith

Lord Windermere

Lord Darlington

Lord Augustus Lorton

Mr. Dumby

Mr. Cecil Graham

Mr. Hopper

Parker, Butler

Lady Windermere

The Duchess of Berwick

Lady Agatha Carlisle

Lady Plymdale

Lady Stutfield

Lady Jedburgh

Mrs. Cowper-Cowper

Mrs. Erlynne

Rosalie, Maid

Act I. Morning-room in Lord Windermere’s house.

Act II. Drawing-room in Lord Windermere’s house.

Act III. Lord Darlington’s rooms.

Act IV. Same as Act I.

Time: The Present. [1890s]

Place: London.

The action of the play takes place within twenty-four hours, beginning on a Tuesday afternoon at five o’clock, and ending the next day at 1.30 p.m.

Lessee and Manager: Mr. George Alexander
February 22nd, 1892.

a newspaper titled 'The Mirror' with an illustration of a building with a horse drawn carriage infront of it captioned 'The St. James's Theatre' — designed by Samuel Beazley, from "Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction", 29 October 1836, p. 273

Lord Windermere Mr. George Alexander.

Lord Darlington Mr. Nutcombe Gould.

Lord Augustus Lorton Mr. H. H. Vincent.

Mr. Cecil Graham Mr. Ben Webster.

Mr. Dumby Mr. Vane-Tempest.

Mr. Hopper Mr. Alfred Holles.

Parker (Butler) Mr. V. Sansbury.

Lady Windermere Miss Lily Hanbury.

The Duchess of Berwick Miss Fanny Coleman.

Lady Agatha Carlisle Miss Laura Graves.

Lady Plymdale Miss Granville.

Lady Jedburgh Miss B. Page.

Lady Stutfield Miss Madge Girdlestone.

Mrs. Cowper-Cowper Miss A. de Winton.

Mrs. Erlynne Miss Marion Terry.

Rosalie (Maid) Miss Winifred Dolan

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