Importance of Being Earnest, The (Original 4 Act Version)
- Full Length Play, Comedy, 19th Century
- 8M, 4F
- ISBN: 9780573111983
The fun in the scene Wilde deleted is better than any living playwright can do.
James Agate
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- Time Period: 19th Century
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
Originally written in four acts, this stage classic was cut when first produced to provide time the obligatory curtain raiser of that era. Acts II and III were condensed into one act and two characters were omitted from the last act.
In 1903 a Leipzig published issued a German translation of the four act play and from it the original English version, which was successfully produced at London's Old Vic, was reconstructed.
In 1903 a Leipzig published issued a German translation of the four act play and from it the original English version, which was successfully produced at London's Old Vic, was reconstructed.
Characters
- Casting: 8M, 4F
ALGERNON MONCRIEFF - his friend
REV. CANON CHASUBLE, D.D. - Rector of Woolton
MR. GRIBSBY - of the firm of Parker and Gribsby, Solicitors, London
MOULTON - gardener
MERRIMAN - butler to Mr. Worthing
LANE - Mr. Moncrieff's manservant
FOOTMAN - at the Manor House
LADY BRACKNELL
HON. GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX - her daughter
CECILY CARDEW - John Worthing's ward
MISS PRISM - her governess
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Originally written in four acts, this stage classic was cut when first produced to provide time the obligatory curtain raiser of that era. Acts II and III were condensed into one act and two characters were omitted from the last act. |
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