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Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers' entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades. Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekendthe "rivals" to fight for Ernest's undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their belovedspandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!

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5 15 false false Sat Apr 11 17:38:35 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 17:40:52 -0700 2009 The Importance of Being Earnest. I’d heard of the play before, obviously, but only the name. I ...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sat Jun 16 08:18:47 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 16 08:18:47 -0700 2007
The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty and to someone else if she is plain.

To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

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The action and dialog on stage can be pretty quick. And if you're seeing a play that was written in another time for a different culture, that might be too quick to catch.

For example, the first line ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 14:01:45 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 13:27:40 -0800 2008 Plot Summary: Two friends get in trouble when they use the same pseudoname "Earnest" while trying to marry the women they love.

After rereading Mr. Oscar Wilde's "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" I have learned that The Importance of Being Earnest is sorely n...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Sep 04 21:44:37 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 21:47:03 -0700 2007 LibriVox.org). Oscar Wilde is a genius, you will never guess how the story will end. It is very funny and witty, lots of irony and cynical remarks. My eyes were teary ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 01:53:04 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 03:07:52 -0700 2008 The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) is a madcap comedy of manners whose clever plot serves up some of Wilde's funniest and must cutting wit. Wilde is at his epigrammatic best satirizing the hypocrisy an...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu May 24 07:37:55 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 07:40:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Sep 11 11:32:18 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 06:39:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 17:25:15 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 17:25:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 20:03:40 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 20:45:00 -0700 2009 Favorite Algy lines:
"I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very unromantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 08:57:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 12:23:18 -0800 2009
I thought this story was fun and clever. I enjoyed it quite a bit. The ending was a little cliche, but nonetheless fun and light hearted.

Ad...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 23:13:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 23:06:12 -0700 2009 "Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I didn't know anything about this play going in to it. After reading the first few pages it became evident pretty quickly that this was a comedy, and a pretty good one at that. There is a lot of witty ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 07:54:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 14:13:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 00:07:30 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 00:36:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 19 05:30:06 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 07:24:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 18:29:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 18:56:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 09 16:28:59 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 16:30:06 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 17:14:53 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 17:21:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 08 22:57:33 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 22:59:47 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1162506