Simon Brown | ISBN:1613822189 | File Type: PDF, 156 pages | File size: 70.Mb | Dec. 19th, 2011
General Literary Collections: 2011 Reprint of 1899 Edition The Importance of Being Earnest A Trivial Comedy for Serious eople was first performed on 14 February 1895 at St James s Theatre in London 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 resting satirical treatment of Victorian manners and customs Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make it Wilde s most enduringly popar play
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