Lady Windermere's Fan

Why is Lady Windermere played by a woman of color?

Historically, the character has been played by an Asian woman, an East Insian woman and an American Indian woman; all wonen of color in a precominataly elite caucasian society. Are we to surmise that part of the scandal surrounding Mrs. Erlynne was that she had a bi-racial baby?

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What sources are you using for the actresses who've played this part? I have never seen refernce in the text to Mrs. Windemere being a woman of color. The primary symbolism of "color" used in the text is in relation to the fan itself...... Lady Windemere's Fan.

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