num_pages: 54
description: Here is Oscar Wilde's most brilliant tour de force, a witty and buoyant comedy of manners that has delighted millions in countless productions since its first performance in London's St. James' Theatre on February 14, 1895. The Importance of Being Earnest is celebrated not only for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot, but for its inspired dialogue, rich with scintillating epigrams still savored by all who enjoy artful conversation.From the play's effervescent beginnings in Algernon Moncrieff's London flat to its hilarious denouement in the drawing room of Jack Worthing's country manor in Hertfordshire, this comic masterpiece keeps audiences breathlessly anticipating a new bon mot or a fresh twist of plot moment to moment.
language: English
title: The Importance of Being Earnest
titlecomplete: The Importance of Being Earnest
characters: Merriman, Miss Prism, Lady Bracknell, John Worthing, Lane, Gwendolen Fairfax, Cecily Cardew, Rev. Canon Chasuble, Algernon Montcrieff
genres: Fiction, Plays, Humor, Theatre, Classics, Drama, Comedy, Romance, Literature, School
ratings_count: 358548
places: London, England, England, Woolton, Hertfordshire, England
publisher: Dover Publications