The Importance of Being Earnest
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OSCAR WILDE’S HILARIOUS CLASSIC OF TWO FRIENDS, LOST IN LOVE, NAVIGATING A SERIES OF ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE MISADVENTURES!
A farcical comedy depicting the tangled affairs of two young men about town who lead frantic double lives. Unfortunately, living a double life has its drawbacks, especially when it comes to love. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.
Meet Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, two close friends who have one solution to all of their problems – lying!
Both lead double lives … Jack uses the fake persona of ‘Ernest’ to escape his responsibilities, while Algernon invents an imaginary friend to dodge social obligations. When both men fall in love with eligible ladies, they must untangle a web of lies, misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and hilarious situations to win their hearts.
Will they be able to keep up the ruse?
Join Algernon and Jack, back peddling through the awkward situations they create for themselves, by evading their unwanted social obligations leading to romantic entanglements and comic misunderstanding!
After all, being sensible can be excessively boring!
TIOBE is one of Oscar Wilde’s most famous plays and is the final play of his four drawing room productions, which premiered in 1895. Enjoy Wilde’s wit and humour with strong characterisation and fast paced repartee. It’s a guaranteed laugh-out-loud celebration of wit, wordplay, and social satire. With its clever humour and playful commentary of Victorian society, the play remains as deliciously entertaining today as it was over a century ago – if not more so.
It’s perfect summer fun!
A farcical comedy depicting the tangled affairs of two young men about town who lead frantic double lives. Unfortunately, living a double life has its drawbacks, especially when it comes to love. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.
Meet Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, two close friends who have one solution to all of their problems – lying!
Both lead double lives … Jack uses the fake persona of ‘Ernest’ to escape his responsibilities, while Algernon invents an imaginary friend to dodge social obligations. When both men fall in love with eligible ladies, they must untangle a web of lies, misunderstandings, mistaken identities, and hilarious situations to win their hearts.
Will they be able to keep up the ruse?
Join Algernon and Jack, back peddling through the awkward situations they create for themselves, by evading their unwanted social obligations leading to romantic entanglements and comic misunderstanding!
After all, being sensible can be excessively boring!
TIOBE is one of Oscar Wilde’s most famous plays and is the final play of his four drawing room productions, which premiered in 1895. Enjoy Wilde’s wit and humour with strong characterisation and fast paced repartee. It’s a guaranteed laugh-out-loud celebration of wit, wordplay, and social satire. With its clever humour and playful commentary of Victorian society, the play remains as deliciously entertaining today as it was over a century ago – if not more so.
It’s perfect summer fun!
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Where is it happening?
Penlee Park Open Air Theatre, 59 Morrab Road, Penzance, TR18 4EP, United Kingdom
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Host or PublisherCornwall Youth Theatre Company
