Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
The importance of Being Earnest Trivial comedy for serious poepel is a Play by Oscar Wilde first performed in 14 February 1895 at the St James's theatre in London . It is a farcical comedy in which the protagonist maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligation working within the social conversation of late Victorian London the play's Major themes are the triviality with which it treats institution as serious of Victorian ways. Some contemporary reviews praised the play's humours and the culmination of Wilde's others were cautious about its luck of social massage it's high farce and witty dialogue have helped make. The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play
The successful opening night marked the climax of wilds career but also heralded his downfall. The Marquess of Queensberry whose son lord Alfred Douglas was Wilde's lover planned to present the writer with a bouquet of Rotten vegetables and disrupt the show Wilde was tipped off and Queensbury was refused admition . Their feud for libel . The arrest trial and conviction on charges of gross indecency . Wilde's home sexuality was revealed to the Victorian public and he was sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard lobour . Despite the play's early success Wilde's notoriety caused the play to be closed after 86 performances After his release from prison he published the Play from exile in Paris but he wrote no more comic or dramatic work's. The importance of being Earnest has been revived many times since it's premiere . It has been adapted for the cinema on three occasions.
Characters :
- Jack Worthing
- Algernon moncrieff
- Geendolen Fairfax
- Lady Bracknell
- Cecily Cardew
- Miss prism
- The Reverend Canon chasuble
- Lane
- Merriman
