The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - 9781913724054

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The Importance of Being Earnest is perhaps Oscar Wilde's most popular play \u2013 since its first performance in 1895, it has seen countless productions and three film adaptations, and, in the words of the journalist Mark Lawson, is 'the second most known and quoted play in English after Hamlet'.Brimming with the counter-intuitive wit with which Wilde's name is synonymous, the play follows two young men, Algernon and Jack, as they come to grips with one another's 'Bunburying' \u2013 deceits involving invented identities and escaping unwanted socialising \u2013 which spiral out of control. Culminating in a hauntingly brilliant scene with a cast of characters dripping with satire, an unpublished manuscript and an unforgettable handbag, The Importance of Being Earnest lambasts the Victorian yearning for\n\nThe Importance of Being Earnest\nA Trivial Comedy for Serious People\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked;