The Importance of Being Earnest

T1677921528
Classic turn-of-the-century comedy of social manners. A very complicated plot that includes the famous "A Handbag!" line .. Jack Worthing is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax, daughter of the redoubtable Lady Bracknell, and cousin of his friend Algernon. They cannot wed until the mystery of his parentage (he was found in a handbag on Victoria Station) is resolved. Algy discovers that Jack has a pretty young ward, Cecily, living at the Manor and visits her pretending to be Jack's fictitious (and wicked) brother Ernest.

Author

Oscar Wilde

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Archive :: production:T1677921528, play:S3690, venue:V198
Current production:Work

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Production details

A new interpretation of the story that places the gay love between Jack and Algy at the centre of the piece.