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Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London. [ 1 ] The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is having an affair with another woman; she confronts him with it.
Films based on Lady Windermere's Fan (6 P) S. ... (6 P) Pages in category "Films based on plays by Oscar Wilde" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 ...
The screenplay by Howard Himelstein is based on the 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde. It is the fourth screen version of the work, following a 1916 silent film using Wilde's original title, Ernst Lubitsch's 1925 version, and Otto Preminger's 1949 adaptation entitled The Fan.
The film opens with Oscar Wilde's 1882 visit to Leadville, Colorado during his lecture tour of the United States. Despite his flamboyant personality and urbane wit, he proves to be a success with the local silver miners as he regales them with tales of Renaissance silversmith Benvenuto Cellini.
This is a list of plays that have been adapted into feature films. Entries are sorted alphabetically by the title of the play. Entries are sorted alphabetically by the title of the play. The title of the play is followed by its first public performance, its playwright, the title of the film adapted from the play, the year of the film and the ...
Lady Windermere's Fan is a 1916 British silent comedy film directed by Fred Paul and starring Milton Rosmer, Netta Westcott and Nigel Playfair. [1] It was the first film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1892 play Lady Windermere's Fan. A print of the film still exists [2] and it has been released on DVD by the British Film Institute.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde [a] (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwrights in London in the early 1890s. [3]