The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

When I think of plays that are +100 years old, I heave a sigh. I don’t think of them as brilliant, sharp, witty, classy plays.

And yet that’s exactly what The Importance of Being Earnest is. The trope is so common today: someone assumes an other’s identity and misunderstandings ensue. Hilarity. Over the top, gauche, slapstick. It’s great. In spite of that well trod path, Earnest sidesteps all those pitfalls that we know to expect and opts to parry and thrust around the situation using language and satire alone. It’s so deft and wonderful and charming. Love it, love it, love it. I hope you will too!

- Alan