The Importance of Being Earnest
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
$19.70
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2021
Summary
The Importance of Being Earnest is perhaps Oscar Wilde’s most popular play. 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’ – deceits inv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913724054 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913724050 |
| Author: | Oscar Wilde |
| Publisher: | Renard Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Renard Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2021 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 199mm x 129mm |
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Critics Review
‘A deliciously witty play about dual identities, Victorian mores and an unforgettable handbag.’ (The Guardian) ‘An extraordinarily illuminating intellect.’ (William Rothenstein) ‘If I craved for entertaining conversation by a first-class raconteur, I should choose Oscar Wilde.’ (George Bernard Shaw)
About The Author
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an author, poet and one of the best-known playwrights in the English canon, best remembered for his novel Dorian Gray and his plays – particularly The Importance of Being Earnest.
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