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A Woman of No Importance
20091 h 6 min 20 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Michael Hackett
Production: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Script: Oscar Wilde
This title is an acquisition.
A tender love story, a glittering setting in London society and a shower of witticisms are only a few of the reasons this play has enjoyed hugely successful revivals. This 1895 drama is eerily prescient, as it explores the plight of a promising young politician, desperate to hide a secret in his past. With empathy and wit, Wilde explores the pitfalls of holding public figures to higher standards than the rest of us.
Subject categories
- Theater > Companies and Performances
Credits
- director
- Michael Hackett
- producer
- Susan Albert Loewenberg
- author
- Oscar Wilde
- actor
- Jacqueline Bisset
- Alfred Molina
- Yeardley Smith
- Rosalind Ayres
- Paul Gutrecht
- Martin Jarvis
- Robert Machray
- Miriam Margoyles
- Jim Norton