The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Tom Dugdale
November 13 - 20
Proscenium Theatre
Good friends Algernon and Jack use the same alter ego—Ernest—to pursue the innocent Cecily and Gwendolen who insist on marrying a man named Ernest. Gwendolen’s mother, the formidable Lady Bracknell, forbids the match. Using wit, puns, farce, mistaken identity and a handbag, Wilde’s “Trivial Comedy for Serious People” satirizes the superficiality of England’s aristocracy and the hypocrisy of Victorian morality.
Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1584 – 1900) is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. His four comedies of manners (Lady Windermere’s Fan; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest) made him one of the most successful playwrights of his day. The Importance of Being Earnest is Ohio State Theatre’s most-produced play.
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No late seating or reentry.
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