An earnest young American woman, a louche English lord and an innocent young chap join a house party of fin de siècle fools and grotesques. Nearby a woman lives, cradling a long-buried secret. In A Woman of No Importance, Oscar Wilde’s marriage of glittering wit and Ibsenite drama created a vivid new theatrical voice.
Following the success in London’s West End, Classic Spring’s A Woman of No Importance will embark on a major UK tour this Autumn.
Artistic Director Dominic Dromgoole directs a stellar cast which includes Liza Goddard (Bergerac/Wild West) Roy Hudd (When We Were Married/ Huddlines) Emma Amos (Goodnight Sweetheart/Still Open All Hours), Isla Blair (Grantchester/The History Boys) and Katy Stephens (As You Like It/Antony and Cleopatra – RSC ) in a brilliant staging of one of Wilde’s rarely seen plays. Further casting to be announced.
The production will open at the Everyman in Cheltenham before travelling to Richmond Theatre, Theatre Royal Brighton, King’s Theatre Edinburgh, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Perth Theatre, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford and Theatre Royal Norwich.
A Woman of No Importance was the opening production in Classic Spring’s celebrated Wilde season and marks the company’s first touring production. It enjoyed both critical and commercial success in the West End and was much admired for piquantly evoking new layers of dramatic depth in Wilde’s work. This production not only includes glittering Wildean wit but also a selection of classic music hall songs performed by the irrepressible Roy Hudd.
Coming up, Classic Spring will also be presenting a spine-chilling double-bill of two of the greatest classics of Gothic imagination, Frankenstein and Dracula which will both play in rep at the Hackney Empire from Friday 17th January to Sunday 16th February 2020. Further details and casting will be announced in due course.
LISTING AND TOUR INFORMATION
Thurs 5 to Sat 14 September
Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
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Mon 16 to Sat 21 Sept 2019
Richmond Theatre
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Mon 23 Sept to Sat 28th Sept 2019
Theatre Royal, Brighton
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Tues 1 Oct to Sat 5 Oct 2019
Kings Theatre, Edinburgh
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Tues 8 Oct to Sat 12 Oct 2019
Cambridge Arts Theatre
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Tues 22 Oct to Sat 26 Oct 2019
Perth Theatre
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Tues 29 Oct to Sat 2 Nov 2019
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
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Tues 5 Nov to Sat 9 Nov 2019
Theatre Royal, Norwich
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Classic Spring presents
A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Dominic Dromgoole
Designed by Jonathan Fensom
Lighting by Paul Russell - Sound by Carolyn Downing – Music by Jason Carr
