A WOMAN OF
NO IMPORTANCE

A PLAY

BY
OSCAR WILDE

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

Eighth Edition

First Printed

1894

First Issued by Methuen and Co. (LimitedEditions on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum)

February

1908

Third Edition

September

1909

Fourth Edition

May

1910

Fifth Edition

December

1911

Sixth Edition

March

1913

Seventh Edition (Cheap Form)

October

1916

Eighth Edition

1919

The dramatic rights of ‘A Woman of No Importance’ belong to Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and to Robert Ross, executor and administrator of Oscar Wilde’s estate.

TO
GLADYS
COUNTESS DE GREY

[MARCHIONESS OF RIPON]