Lady Windermere’s Fan opens a public paying audience to a problem-play of a woman’s name
The 1892 Windermere opening made a problem of reputation a public night out. A West End problem-play increased public argument about a woman’s name. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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The 1892 Windermere opening made a problem of reputation a public night out.
Context
One play, two signs.
Oscar Wilde’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.
Why it matters
A West End problem-play increased public argument about a woman’s name.
1892 is not 1895.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Oscar Wilde
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.55 · verified
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactLady Windermere’s Fan opens a public paying audience to a problem-play of a woman’s name
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 21 February 1892 · verified
A West End problem-play increased public argument about a woman’s name.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Project Gutenberg — Oscar Wilde author pageProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Oscar WildeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Britannica and Gutenberg independently present the 1892 public play.
Established: 1892 public opening. Not established: that it rewrote divorce law.
Contribution type is direct.
Later museums, UNESCO listings, Loeb reprints, and 2024–2025 COP or NATO rows are not this event. Responsibility 0.55 and influence 0.55 bound the path; they are not a personality score. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here. Readers should open both named URLs.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorOscar Wilde
- contributed toFactLady Windermere’s Fan opens a public paying audience to a problem-play of a woman’s name
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
Cite this page
Factrail. (2026). Lady Windermere’s Fan opens a public paying audience to a problem-play of a woman’s name. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-windermere-access-1892
https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-windermere-access-1892
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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