full length · drama · Victorian England
A Woman of No Importance
Royalty-free Public domain — free to read, perform, and adapt. No licence needed.
Characters
| Lord Illingworth | lead | 170 speeches |
| Mrs. Arbuthnot | lead | 136 speeches |
| Mrs. Allonby | supporting | 123 speeches |
| Gerald | supporting | 112 speeches |
| Lady Hunstanton | supporting | 110 speeches |
| Lady Caroline | supporting | 64 speeches |
| Hester | supporting | 55 speeches |
| Lady Stutfield | supporting | 49 speeches |
| Kelvil | minor | 23 speeches |
| Sir John | minor | 9 speeches |
| The Archdeacon | minor | 9 speeches |
| Lord Alfred | minor | 3 speeches |
| Alice | minor | 3 speeches |
Read the play
Choose an act above to read — each is a separate page.
Monologues from this play
- Mrs. Allonby monologue (Act 2) — A Woman of No Importance
- Hester monologue (Act 2) — A Woman of No Importance
- Hester monologue (Act 2) — A Woman of No Importance
- Mrs. Arbuthnot monologue (Act 2) — A Woman of No Importance
- Gerald monologue (Act 3) — A Woman of No Importance
- Gerald monologue (Act 3) — A Woman of No Importance
- Mrs. Arbuthnot monologue (Act 3) — A Woman of No Importance
- Mrs. Arbuthnot monologue (Act 4) — A Woman of No Importance
- Lord Illingworth monologue (Act 4) — A Woman of No Importance
- Lord Illingworth monologue (Act 4) — A Woman of No Importance