A Woman of no Importance by Oscar Wilde Autumn 2014 In A Woman of No Importance, the upper classes have gathered for a weekend house party at Lady Hunstanton's country estate. The wildly attractive Lord Illingworth is free to show off his seduction skills. The ladies, including the young American, Hester Worsley, must hide their lust for him. When it's announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed as Illingworth's secretary, his mother's scandalous secret threatens to ruin her son's success.