【英文原著类】a woman of no importance(一个无足轻重的女人).pdf

A Woman of No Importance
A Woman of No
Importance
by Oscar Wilde
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A Woman of No Importance
THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY
Lord Illingworth Sir John Pontefract Lord Alfred Rufford Mr. Kelvil,
. The Ven. Archdeacon Daubeny, . Gerald Arbuthnot Farquhar,
Butler Francis, Footman Lady Hunstanton Lady Caroline Pontefract Lady
Stutfield Mrs. Allonby Miss Hester Worsley Alice, Maid Mrs. Arbuthnot
THE SCENES OF THE PLAY
ACT I. The Terrace at Hunstanton Chase. ACT II. The Drawing-
room at Hunstanton Chase. ACT III. The Hall at Hunstanton Chase.
ACT IV. Sitting-room in Mrs. Arbuthnot's House at Wrockley.
TIME: The Present. PLACE: The Shires.
The action of the play takes place within twenty-four hours.
LONDON: HAYMARKET THEATRE
Lessee and Manager: Mr. H Beerbohm Tree April 19th, 1893
Lord Illingworth, Mr. Tree Sir John Pontefract, Mr. E. Holman Clark
Lord Alfred Rufford, Mr. Ernest Lawford Mr. Kelvil, ., Mr. Charles
Allan. The Ven. Archdeacon Daubeny, ., Mr. Kemble Gerald
Arbuthnot, Mr. Terry Farquhar, Butler, Mr. Hay Francis, Footman, Mr.
Montague Lady Hunstanton, Miss Rose Leclercq Lady Caroline
Pontefract, Miss Le Thiere Lady Stutfield, Miss Blanche Horlock Mrs.
Allonby, Mrs. Tree Miss Hester Worsley, Miss Julia Neilson Alice, Maid,
Miss Kelly Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mrs. Bernard-Beere
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A Woman of No Importance
FIRST ACT
SCENE
Lawn in front of the terrace at Hunstanton.
[SIR JOHN and LADY CAROLINE PONTEFRACT, MISS
WORSLEY, on chairs under large yew tree.]
LADY CAROLINE. I believe this is the first English country house
you have stayed at, Miss Worsley?
HESTER. Yes, Lady Caroline.
LADY CAROLINE. You have no country houses, I am told, in
America?
HESTER. We have not many.
LADY CAROLINE. Have you any country? What we should call
country?
HESTER. [Smiling.] We have the largest country in the world,
Lady Caroline. They used to tell us at school that some of our states are
as big as France and England put together.