A Woman of No Importance

E179859

play stage work

A Woman of No Importance is an 1893 social comedy play by Oscar Wilde that satirizes Victorian upper-class morality and gender double standards.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
A Woman of No Importance canonical	15
A Woman of No Importance, Act I	1
Act I of A Woman of No Importance	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1579068 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Woman of No Importance
Context triple: [Oscar Wilde, notableWork, A Woman of No Importance]

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B. Wings of a Dove
"Wings of a Dove" is a popular 1983 ska single by the British band Culture Club, known for its upbeat, gospel-influenced sound and celebratory lyrics.
C. The Paradine Case
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D. The Aspern Papers
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E. The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James that explores complex moral and emotional entanglements surrounding love, wealth, and betrayal in Edwardian society.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Woman of No Importance
Target entity description: A Woman of No Importance is an 1893 social comedy play by Oscar Wilde that satirizes Victorian upper-class morality and gender double standards.

A. The Skin Game
The Skin Game is a 1920 play by English writer John Galsworthy that explores class conflict and moral compromise through a bitter feud between an old aristocratic family and a nouveau riche industrialist.
B. Wings of a Dove
"Wings of a Dove" is a popular 1983 ska single by the British band Culture Club, known for its upbeat, gospel-influenced sound and celebratory lyrics.
C. The Paradine Case
The Paradine Case is a 1947 courtroom drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, in which Gregory Peck plays a defense attorney entangled in a complex murder trial involving a beautiful widow.
D. The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers is a novella by Henry James that explores themes of literary obsession, secrecy, and moral ambiguity through a scholar’s attempt to obtain the private papers of a deceased poet from his reclusive former lover.
E. The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove is a 1902 novel by Henry James that explores complex moral and emotional entanglements surrounding love, wealth, and betrayal in Edwardian society.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	play ⓘ stage work ⓘ
author	Oscar Wilde ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateWritten	1893 ⓘ
dramaticForm	drawing-room comedy ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
firstPerformanceLocation	Haymarket Theatre ⓘ
followsInOeuvre	Lady Windermere's Fan ⓘ linked to: Lady Windermere’s Fan
genre	comedy of manners ⓘ social comedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation	radio adaptations ⓘ stage revivals worldwide ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ
hasCharacter	Gerald Arbuthnot ⓘ Hester Worsley ⓘ Lady Caroline Pontefract ⓘ Lady Hunstanton ⓘ Lord Illingworth ⓘ Mrs. Allonby ⓘ Mrs. Arbuthnot ⓘ Sir John Pontefract ⓘ
hasMoralConflictBetween	individual conscience and social convention ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Victorian literature ⓘ
mainTheme	critique of Victorian upper-class morality ⓘ gender double standards ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ illegitimacy and social stigma ⓘ sexual morality ⓘ
movement	Aestheticism ⓘ fin de siècle literature ⓘ
notableFor	epigrammatic dialogue ⓘ satire of aristocracy ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Oscar Wilde's society plays ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
precedesInOeuvre	An Ideal Husband ⓘ The Importance of Being Earnest ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition	John Lane ⓘ
setInPeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
setting	English country house ⓘ
structure	four-act play ⓘ
subjectMatter	class and privilege ⓘ illegitimate child ⓘ single motherhood ⓘ
timeSetting	late 19th century ⓘ
writer	Oscar Wilde ⓘ
yearOfPremiere	1893 ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oscar Wilde → notableWork → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Oscar Wilde → wrote → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Mrs. Arbuthnot → appearsIn → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Lord Illingworth → appearsIn → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Lord Illingworth → firstAppearance → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Gerald Arbuthnot → appearsIn → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Gerald Arbuthnot → firstAppearance → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Hester Worsley → appearsIn → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Lady Hunstanton → appearsIn → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Lady Hunstanton → firstAppearance → A Woman of No Importance, Act I ⓘ

linked to: A Woman of No Importance

Lady Caroline Pontefract → appearsIn → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Lady Caroline Pontefract → fictionalUniverse → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Sir John Pontefract → appearsIn → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Sir John Pontefract → fictionalUniverse → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Mrs. Allonby → appearsIn → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Mrs. Allonby → firstAppearance → A Woman of No Importance ⓘ

Mrs. Allonby → appearsInAct → Act I of A Woman of No Importance ⓘ