A Woman of No Importance
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2 hr 13 min
Olivier awardwinner Eve Best A Moon for the Misbegotten and Hedda Gabler and BAFTAnominated actress Anne Reid Last Tango in Halifax star in this new classically staged production of Oscar Wildes comedy directed by Dominic Dromgoole former Artistic Director of Shakespeares Globe The first play from the Classic Spring Theatre Companys Oscar Wilde Season A Woman of No Importance will be captured live for cinemas from the Vaudeville Theatre in Londons West End An earnest young American woman a louche English lord and an innocent young chap join a house party of fin de siècle fools and grotesques Nearby a woman lives cradling a longburied secret First performed in 1893 Oscar Wildes marriage of glittering wit and Ibsenite drama satirised the socially conservative world of the Victorian upperclass creating a vivid new theatrical voice which still resonates today
