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Stage play · Comedy · 1895
The Importance of Being Earnest
Two men maintain fictional relatives in order to get out of dinner.
Scene index1 indexed
2INT. ALGERNON'S FLAT, HALF-MOON STREET — AFTERNOON3 pgBunbury is explained.
Monologues in this work2
ALGERNON
The Importance of Being Earnest · Oscar Wilde
Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury, and if you ever get married, which seems to me extremely problematic, you will be very glad to know Bunbury.
GWENDOLEN
The Importance of Being Earnest · Oscar Wilde
We live, as I hope you know, Mr. Worthing, in an age of ideals. The fact is constantly mentioned in the more expensive monthly magazines, and has reached the provincial pulpits, I am told.
| Writer | Oscar Wilde |
|---|---|
| Written | 1895 |
| Pages | 74 |
| Reading time | 1 hr 40 min |
| Rights | Public domain |
| Monologues | 2 indexed |
| Themes | Double lives, Class, Marriage, Sincerity as a pose |
| Principals | JACK, ALGERNON, GWENDOLEN, CECILY, LADY BRACKNELL, MISS PRISM |