The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789390372003
Publisher:	Prabhat Prakashan Pvt Ltd
Publication date:	09/15/2020
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874