The importance of being earnest
(2017)

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PUBLISHED
[United States]: Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2017
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781520086422 (electronic bk.) MWT11947564, 1520086423 (electronic bk.) 11947564
LANGUAGE
English
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The importance of being earnest: James Marsters, Emily Bergl, Charles Busch, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf, Sarah Zimmerman. School for husbands: Brian Bedford, Emily Bergl, Dakin Matthews, Juliet Mills, Christopher Neame, Lloyd Owen, Alan Shearman, Rhashan Stone, Olivia Williams

The Importance of Being Earnest is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictional alter-egos to escape tiresome social obligations. The play makes light of the institution of marriage and more generally other serious Victorian customs. As a result, reviewers of the time praised the play's humor, while bemoaning its evident lack of social messages. Most agreed however that it was the high point of Wilde's artistic career to date. Its high farce and Wilde's dazzlingly witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest his most enduringly popular play

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