On her Twenty-first birthday, Lady Windermere is shocked to discover that her husband seems to be having an affair with the mysterious Mrs Erlynne. Now he has invited Mrs Erlynne to her own birthday party against her express wishes.

Will Lady Windermere make a scene? Or will she run off with Lord Darlington, who claims to love her more than life itself? And what is this strange influence that Mrs Erlynne seems to exert over Lord Windermere?

Oscar Wilde's first great comedy of manners. The play that confirmed his status as the greatest wit of the nineteenth century.