Part 1

LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN

A PLAY ABOUT A GOOD WOMAN

OSCAR WILDE

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

Sixteenth Edition

First Published 1893 First Issued by Methuen & Co. Ltd. (Limited Editions on 1908 Hand-made Paper and Japanese Vellum) February 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.

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TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF ROBERT EARL OF LYTTON IN AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION

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THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY

Lord Windermere

Lord Darlington

Lord Augustus Lorton

Mr. Dumby

Mr. Cecil Graham

Mr. Hopper

Parker, Butler

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Lady Windermere

The Duchess of Berwick

Lady Agatha Carlisle

Lady Plymdale

Lady Stutfield

Lady Jedburgh

Mrs. Cowper-Cowper

Mrs. Erlynne