LORD WINDERMERE _Mr. George Alexander_. LORD DARLINGTON _Mr. Nutcombe Gould_. LORD AUGUSTUS LORTON _Mr. H. H. Vincent_. MR. CECIL GRAHAM _Mr. Ben Webster_. MR. DUMBY _Mr. Vane-Tempest_. MR. HOPPER _Mr. Alfred Holles_. PARKER (_Butler_) _Mr. V. Sansbury_. LADY WINDERMERE _Miss Lily Hanbury_. THE DUCHESS OF BERWICK _Miss Fanny Coleman_. LADY AGATHA CARLISLE _Miss Laura Graves_. LADY PLYMDALE _Miss Granville_. LADY JEDBURGH _Miss B. Page_. LADY STUTFIELD _Miss Madge Girdlestone_. MRS. COWPER-COWPER _Miss A. de Winton_. MRS. ERLYNNE _Miss Marion Terry_. ROSALIE (_Maid_) _Miss Winifred Dolan_. FIRST ACT SCENE _Morning-room of Lord Windermere’s house in Carlton House Terrace_. _Doors C. and R. Bureau with books and papers R._ _Sofa with small tea-table L._ _Window opening on to terrace L._ _Table R._ [LADY WINDERMERE _is at table R._, _arranging roses in a blue bowl_.] [_Enter_ PARKER.] PARKER. Is your ladyship at home this afternoon? LADY WINDERMERE. Yes—who has called? PARKER. Lord Darlington, my lady. LADY WINDERMERE. [_Hesitates for a moment_.] Show him up—and I’m at home to any one who calls. PARKER. Yes, my lady. [_Exit C._] LADY WINDERMERE. It’s best for me to see him before to-night. I’m glad he’s come. [_Enter_ PARKER _C._] PARKER. Lord Darlington, [_Enter_ LORD DARLINGTON _C._] [_Exit_ PARKER.] LORD DARLINGTON. How do you do, Lady Windermere? LADY WINDERMERE. How do you do, Lord Darlington? No, I can’t shake hands with you. My hands are all wet with these roses. Aren’t they lovely? They came up from Selby this morning. LORD DARLINGTON. They are quite perfect. [_Sees a fan lying on the table_.] And what a wonderful fan! May I look at it? LADY WINDERMERE. Do. Pretty, isn’t it! It’s got my name on it, and everything. I have only just seen it myself. It’s my husband’s birthday present to me. You know to-day is my birthday? LORD DARLINGTON. No? Is it really? LADY WINDERMERE. Yes, I’m of age to-day. Quite an important day in my life, isn’t it? That is why I am giving this party to-night. Do sit down. [_Still arranging flowers_.] LORD DARLINGTON. [_Sitting down_.] I wish I had known it was your birthday, Lady Windermere. I would have covered the whole street in front of your house with flowers for you to walk on. They are made for you. [_A short pause_.] LADY WINDERMERE. Lord Darlington, you annoyed me last night at the Foreign Office. I am afraid you are going to annoy me again. LORD DARLINGTON. I, Lady Windermere? [_Enter_ PARKER _and_ FOOTMAN _C._, _with tray and tea things_.]