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Lady Windermere’s Fan teaches a public of secret letters and reputation police

In February 1892 Lady Windermere’s Fan opened, a public comedy of a fan, a letter, and a woman’s ruined name. In the causal graph this event weakens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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In February 1892 Lady Windermere’s Fan opened, a public comedy of a fan, a letter, and a woman’s ruined name.

Context

Split as access on another row if needed; here the cost is the taught scandal-machine. Medium confidence.

Oscar Wilde’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Why it matters

A scandal-comedy can bind an audience and train it in reputation-harm.

1892 is not 1893 A Woman of No Importance.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Oscar Wilde

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.55 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactLady Windermere’s Fan teaches a public of secret letters and reputation police
    2. weakensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 20 February 1892 · verified

    A scandal-comedy can bind an audience and train it in reputation-harm.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Oscar WildeEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.British LibraryBritish Library · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and British Library playbills independently date the 20 February 1892 St James’s opening.

Established: 1892 public opening. Not established: a unique divorce series.

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.

  1. ActorOscar Wilde
  2. contributed toFactLady Windermere’s Fan teaches a public of secret letters and reputation police
  3. weakensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Lady Windermere’s Fan teaches a public of secret letters and reputation police. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-windermere-double-1892

https://factrail.ai/facts/wil-windermere-double-1892

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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