description: This unique volume reconstructs the original 1895 production of Wilde's timeless classic. Based upon a new, reconstructive method for the study of theatrical performance that aims to set the play securely in its historical and cultural moment, the edition offers a wealth of detail about thestaging and acting and numerous first production and early revival photographs. The reconstructed text itself, differing in important ways from the 1899 first edition, recaptures the essential comic vitality of the play.
language: English
title: The Importance Of Being Earnest
titlecomplete: The Importance Of Being Earnest
characters: Rev. Canon Chasuble, Cecily Cardew, Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen Fairfax, John Worthing, Algernon Montcrieff, Lane, Miss Prism, Merriman
genres: Classics, Drama, Theatre, Comedy, Plays, Humor, School, Romance, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 358522
places: England, London, England, Woolton, Hertfordshire, England
publisher: Oxford University Press