An established classic with a couple of new but completely authentic twists. This production sets his play in the present, freeing it from the Edwardian straitjacket imposed on it by a more recent convention, allowing modern audiences to consider more clearly the extent to which Wilde’s universal themes relate to the present day. The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy whose playwright was Oscar Wilde and this play was first performed and years later were published in written format.
Wilde’s farcical comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, was rst performed in 1895 in London to rave reviews. He died of cerebral meningitis on November 30, 1900. Living under the alias Sebas-tian Melmoth, Wilde spent his last years in self-imposed exile in Europe.
Wilde’s stage directions for both versions of his play read ‘Time: the present.’ More recent productions have tended to set his play in the Edwardian period in which it was written. tions, published after his release in 1898. We present his rediscovered original four-act version. When his play was eventually printed, it was unfortunate that it was the truncated three-act version that was published. The theatrical impresario who agreed totake it on would do so only on condition that Wilde cut his play to three acts to make room for a one-act curtain raiser … in line with the theatrical convention of the time. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St Jamess Theatre. Wilde originally wrote his most successful play in four acts in line with the playwriting convention of the time. The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde.
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