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A Woman of No Importance Reviews

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Average customer review: 1.5 star rating (1.5 Stars)

Number of reviews: 13

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5.0 star rating Josh from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

WE REALLY ENJOYED IT

My wife and I traveled in from out of town to see the play. We were both acquainted with Oscar Wilde, but not with this particular play. It is true that the theater was cold. I’m a big hearty guy who hunts, and I almost never get cold. But I kept on both my wool vest and wool coat to maintain comfort. At the end, the audience members around us were mad; they really disliked this play. But we enjoyed it a lot. The acting was excellent, the sets were very good to excellent. The story line is fantastic, because it captures that period before women got the vote and while aristocracy controlled everything, even when they made mistakes. Plays like this exact one helped change public views and bring about larger shifts in law and custom. So it was a meaningful play done well by the actors. What else do people want out of a play?

3.0 star rating Jonathan bart from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE WANT A MUSICAL

I love drama and comedy plays much more than musicals. I generally make a trip to Niagara to see the Shaw Festival and to Stratford to see the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and have seen plenty of Wilde, Coward, Maugham and others of this genre. One thing I will say right off the bat is that with a play like this--READ IT BEFORE COMING TO SEE IT. Those who go without any idea what it is about (Victorian gender roles and their injustices) lose much of what they are coming to see. This is an 1895 play--treat it with some intellectual curiosity. Oscar Wilde is one of our greatest humor playwrights---read it and then appreciate the performance. That being said, the version I saw up in Canada was much better. Here, hiring an attractive student with very little experience as the crucial character who beats the sexist English culture was a mistake. Lord Illingworth, the rakish villain, was great. But he needs more actors of his caliber. C+.

2.0 star rating Linda H from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NOT REALLY “A COMEDY”

Conversation between characters was flat with an occasional humorous remark. The last act seemed like a play in itself, not really connected to first two. Twenty minutes longer than listed running time and theatre was half empty by the time it ended.

1.0 star rating Henry from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE WAS BAD

So bad that we walked out at intermission At first we could not hear well and specially the fake accents. Couldn’t get into it. The sound system was terrible. Many people were sleeping. Many people around us had the same opinion.

1.0 star rating from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

TERRIBLE

The sound system was terrible, i couldnt hear them, the fake accents were really bad. People around me were sleeping. i left at intermission.

1.0 star rating from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

I must say, it was disappointing. I was expecting more of a witty, British comedy. It was hard to hear, hard to follow, and hard to stay awake.

1.0 star rating Elayne from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

BORING

Too much conversation, much of which didnt make sense... half the audience left at intermission. People next to us were sleeping. Rachel, the main character in the second act was excellent, but first act didnt really connect to the second act.

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