"Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation."
Act II
#OTD in 1893.
Oscar Wilde's social comedy A Woman of No Importance receives its first performance at the Haymarket Theatre, London, with Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Mrs. Bernard Beere & Julia Neilson.
The leading female role, Mrs Arbuthnot, was intended for Madge Kendal, but for contractual reasons she withdrew and was replaced by Mrs Bernard Beere.
A Woman of No Importance at PG:
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