The Importance of Being Earnest (Hardcover)

from cameling

One of Oscar Wilde's best works, in my opinion. Great comedy about 2 men, friends, who share the same fake identity while trying to woo 2 women. Then there's the governess and the pastor who can't seem to do anything except yearn for each other from a distance, and a draconian dowager who may jus...

from ctpress

"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train." A play should of course for maximum benefit be expereinced in the theatre. The next best thing would be to buy an audiobook - the L.A. Theatre Works performing The Importance of Being Earnest wit...

from varwenea

As Wilde's last completed play before his world came crumpling down upon him effectively ending his career and possibly his life (oh to live through that humiliation), this work is widely recognized as Wilde's best published and wittiest piece. (Supposedly, he's even wittier in person.) Two bache...

from TadAD

There's not a lot of depth to this play. Though Wilde does take on the Victorian notions of responsibility, respectability and...well...earnestness, you won't find strikingly real characters that will stay with you, nor any deep and revelatory social messages. What you will find, however, is one ...

from snat

I have come to a basic conclusion: Oscar Wilde was the man. And this play proves it. Full of zingers, witty banter, the well-crafted insult, and all things that make Wilde, well, Wilde, the play had me laughing out loud at lines like "The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if s...