Importance of Being Earnest
About the Author\ \ Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He graduated from Oxford University in 1878 with a reputation as a brilliant scholar and quickly dazzled London society with his wit and his flamboyant dress. His first literary successes came in the 1880s with his lecture tour of America and the publication of his fairy tales. These were followed by five highly polished plays and The Picture of Dorian Gray, all completed during the first half of the 1890s. After losing a slander...
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Oscar Wilde s genius was such that he created masterpieces in every literary form he attempted, whether it be plays, fiction, essays, or poetry.Among his plays, The Importance of Being Earnest the last he wrote is certainly the most celebrated. H. G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw thought it one of the funniest plays ever written, and it has continued to amuse theatergoers the world over for more than a century. The play pokes fun at the aristocracy, the literary world, and British manners and customs, while calling into question the very notion of identity. The characters plans are constantly sent topsy-turvy by unexpected turns of events. Along the way, Wilde s wit-sharpened dialogue skewers nearly everyone, throwing into high relief the strains of class pretension, social ambition, and romantic gamesmanship.Readers who have enjoyed Oscar Wilde s barbed prose will find his pointed dramatic dialogue equally enticing.
FIRST ACT
IntroductionLady Windermere's fan1An ideal husband71The importance of being earnest175
