The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde's masterpiece of comic theater, set in late Victorian London. Two young gentlemen maintain fictional identities to escape social obligations — one inventing a wicked brother named Ernest,… Read more

Oscar Wilde's masterpiece of comic theater, set in late Victorian London. Two young gentlemen maintain fictional identities to escape social obligations — one inventing a wicked brother named Ernest, the other an invalid friend named Bunbury. When their deceptions collide and their fiancees both insist on marrying a man named Ernest, the result is Wilde's wittiest and most perfectly constructed comedy. Show less