Breckenridge Backstage Theatre is inviting people to escape the wintry weather for a stay in the English countryside. Their latest play, the first of the 2022 season, is Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.”.
The Nottingham New Theatre presents a charming yet cheeky rendition of Oscar Wilde’s most renowned play, The Importance of Being Earnest. The play is a witty tragic comedy which comments satirically on the moral standards of Victorian society. The NNT have succeeded in resurrecting Wilde’s text to make it both an enjoyable and humorous experience for its young, modern audience. Isabelle Kennedy-Grimes reviews.
The first time I saw Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” was on our local public television station in Connecticut in my teens. And I loved it. The witty, rhythmic dialogue, the characters, and the commentary on Victorian society are.
Be careful what you ask for; you might get it. Two weeks ago I deplored the lack of wit in "Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones," which has not one line of quotable dialogue. Now here is "The Importance of Being Earnest," so thick with wit it plays like a reading from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations . I will demonstrate. I have here the complete text of the Oscar Wilde play, which I have downloaded from the Web. I will hit "Page Down" 20 times and quote the first complete line from the top of the screen: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his. Now the question is, does this sort of thing appeal to you? Try these: Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose both looks like carelessness. It appeals to me. I yearn for a world in which every drawing room is a stage, and we but p
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