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5 days ago · The Importance of Being Earnest, play in three acts by Oscar Wilde, performed in 1895 and published in 1899. A satire of Victorian social hypocrisy, the witty play is considered Wilde’s greatest dramatic achievement.
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5 days ago · Listen to the first episode of a radio drama based on Oscar Wilde's comedy about two men who pretend to be someone else. Find out why Ernest Worthing is not who he says he is and how Algernon Moncreiff reacts to his secret.
Jul 2, 2024 · Summary: The theme of dishonesty in The Importance of Being Earnest is central to the plot, illustrated by characters like Jack and Algernon who create false identities. Jack pretends to have a...
Jun 14, 2024 · Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is a masterful work of satire that exposes the hypocrisy, superficiality, and pretentiousness of Victorian society. Through his use of witty dialogue, exaggerated characters, and absurd situations, Wilde critiques the obsession with social status, appearance, and marriage that defined the era.
Jun 20, 2024 · A scene from The Importance of Being Earnest, © Johan Persson. Usually, in Oscar Wilde’s play where two men tangle and trip themselves up by taking on double identities to seduce wives, the identity crisis is the characters’. But this production has one of its own: romance or comedy?
Jun 21, 2024 · Review: The Importance of Being Earnest at The Royal Exchange Theatre - A pink glitter bomb for the very-online. Rob Williams sees a hilarious update of Oscar Wilde's satire on Victorian...
Jul 1, 2024 · Comedy. Theatre. The Importance of Being Earnest is Bloomshed’s latest take-down of high society. Frills, finery and frivolity – this delightfully self-aware adaptation transforms Wilde’s irreverent satire into a salacious display of gross indecency.
