Oscar Wilde's new play opens in Manchester " archive, 1892
23 August 1892 On the whole, Lady Windermere's Fan is an amusing play, even if several passages are forced and tedious beyond expression Related: 22 February 1892: Mr Oscar Wilde's new play It was interesting to hear last winter that Mr. Oscar Wilde, whose métier it has always been to jeer at English public taste, had suddenly hit this taste between wind and water and written a popular play, the greatest success of …