The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde

Presented by ~ Unit One Theatre Company

In 1854 Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, the son of an eminent surgeon.

He went to Trinity College, Dublin, and then to Magdelan College, Oxford. Wilde's first success on

stage was 'Lady Winemere's Fan in 1892. This was followed by 'A Woman of Substance' in the

next year, and in 1895 by 'An Ideal Husband' and his most famous play 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.

Of this play Wilde wrote: "It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy, and it's philosophy...that we should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality".

- Bill Bailey

The Importance of Being Earnest tells the tale of two young men who have taken to bending the truth in order to add a dash of excitement to their lives.  However, their deceptions eventually cross paths, resulting in a series of crises that threaten to spoil their romantic pursuits.