The Inspector General (1836) written by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1892

A scene from The Inspector General (Ревизор, first performed in 1836) written by the Russian playwright Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852) and produced at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1892.

The Inspector General (Ревизор, a Russian comedy, first performed in 1836) written by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852) and performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1892.

Scenes from The Inspector General (Ревизор, a Russian comedy, first performed in 1836) written by the Russian playwright Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809-1852) and performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1892.

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Lady Windermere's Fan (a four-act play) written by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London.

Scenes from Lady Windermere's Fan (a four-act play) written by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) and first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London.

 The first production and cast of Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) 

1892 premiere: left to right, Ben Webster (Cecil Graham), Nutcombe Gould (Lord Darlington), Adolphus Vane-Tempest (Charles Dumby), H. H. Vincent (Lord Augustus Lorton) and George Alexander (Lord Windermere)

English actress Marion Terry (1852 - 1930) as Mrs Erlynne in a production of 'Lady Windermere's Fan' by Oscar Wilde, at the St James's Theatre in London, 1892. 

Winifred Emery as Lady Windermere, 1892

First Night - St. James's Theatre,

London, 1892. 

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On Saturday, February 20, 1892 Wilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan premiered in London at the St. James Theatre.Lady Windermere's Fan follows the life of a high society wife (Lady Windermere) who suspects her husband is unfaithful. She devises a plot to catch him in his infidelity, invites his mistress to a birthday party, and finds herself in a tenuous half-friendship with the woman before it's revealed she is (spoiler alert) Windermere's own mother. The play was well received by audiences. This came at a stark contrast to his first two plays, Vera, or The Nihilists and Duchess of Padua, which were marked failures that Wilde acknowledged as such. Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan earned a triumphant review from the St. James Gazette, who wrote, "the play, it need hardly be stated, has been superbly mounted, every detail being cared for with praiseworthy taste and liberality".  -St. James Gazette February 22, 1892