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Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Drama
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Ages 10 and up
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The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde. it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humor, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play. The successful opening night marked the climax of Wilde's career but also heralded his downfall. The Marquess of Queensberry, whose son Lord Alfred Douglas was Wilde's lover, planned to present the writer with a bouquet of rotten vegetables and disrupt the show. Wilde was tipped off and Queensberry was refused admission. Soon afterwards their feud came to a climax in court, where Wilde's homosexual double life was revealed to the Victorian public and he was eventually sentenced to imprisonment. His notoriety caused the play, despite its early success, to be closed after 86 performances. After his release, he published the play from exile in Paris, but he wrote no further comic or dramatic work. [more]

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Oscar Wilde The Importance Of Being Earnest

A Trivial Comedy For Serious People

Drama
English
20654 Words
Ages 18 and up
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The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humour, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play. [more]

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Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest

Drama
English
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1896
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Keywords: Earnest

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Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Comics & Graphic Novels
English
20604 Words
Ages 18 and up
2
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. In the latter half of the 20th century he became a gay icon. [more]

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Oscar Wilde The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Fiction
English
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Ages 18 and up
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. [more]

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Oscar Wilde The Soul of Man

Fiction
English
15534 Words
Ages 18 and up
3
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Oscar Wilde Writer Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Wikipedia Born: October 16, 1854, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Died: November 30, 1900, Paris, France Spouse: Constance Lloyd (m. 1884–1898) Plays: The Importance of Being Earnest, Salome, more Awards: Retro Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation [more]

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Thomas Peper Der Hamburger Ernst

Humor
German
21312 Words
Ages 6 and up
53
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Antonius und Hannes - zwei Freunde, die gegensätzlicher nicht sein könnten. Der eine ist vornehm und arm, der andere eher rustikal, aber wohlhabend. Leider sind beide verliebt in junge Damen, deren sehnlichster Wunsch es ist, einen Mann namens Ernst zu heiraten. Da kann es schon mal passieren, dass man einfach so tut, als wäre man Ernst ... Natürlich muss irgendwann die Wahrheit ans Tageslicht kommen, und dann ist die Verwirrung komplett - besonders wenn noch eine resolute Tante, eine prüde Gouvernante und ewig schlecht gelaunte Bedienstete hinzukommen. Aber die Hauptrolle spielt sowieso eine Handtasche ... Die Vorlage für diese Komödie gibt Oscar Wildes 'The Importance of Being Earnest', die extra fürs Hamburger Publikum modernisiert und neu geschrieben wurde. London wird zu Hamburg, und Shropshire zur Lüneburger Heide: so kommen auch die Hanseaten in den vollen Genuss des spritzigen Humors. [more]

Keywords: Komödie, Theater, Hamburg

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