Opening of the book
LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN
A PLAY
ABOUT A GOOD WOMAN
BY
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 Handmade 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
The literary and dramatic rights of “Lady Windermere’s Fan” belong to Sir
George Alexander, by arrangement with whom this play is included in this
edition. The acting version (Samuel French) does not contain the complete text.
TO
THE DEAR MEMORY
OF
ROBERT EARL OF LYTTON
IN AFFECTION
AND
ADMIRATION
THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
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
THE SCENES OF THE PLAY
Aŕǵ I.
Morning-room in Lord Windermere’s house.
Aŕǵ II.
Drawing-room in Lord Windermere’s house.
Aŕǵ III. Lord Darlington’s rooms.
Aŕǵ IV. Same as Act I.
TƗƽŧ:
The Present.
PƯĵŕŧ:
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.
LONDON: ST. JAMES’S THEATRE
Lessee and Manager: Mr. George Alexander
February 22nd, 1892.
LLjǡŠ WƗƿŠŧǡƽŧǡŧ
Mr. George Alexander.
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