The play was first staged at the St James’s Theatre, London, 20 February 1892.
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
Non-Speaking Characters:
Sir James Royston, Mr Guy Berkeley, Mr Rufford, Miss Graham, Mr and Mrs Arthur Bowden, Lord and Lady Paisley.