Importance of Being Earnest

This brilliant tour de force by Oscar Wilde has delighted millions around the world since the play’s first production in1895. One of the wittiest plays ever, it is a buoyant comedy of manners celebrated for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot and its inspired rapid-fire dialogue.

From the play’s vivacious opening in Algernon Moncrieff’s London flat to its hilarious finale in the drawing room of ...