The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - ISBN: 9780812967142
Paperback
Fabricated identities, mistaken romance, and hilarious chaos. Being Earnest, indeed!

The Importance of Being Earnest

And Other Plays

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    1 December 2004

Summary

Filled with wit and wisdom, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays is both a respected and studied collection of literature as well as an audience favorite.

Oscar Wilde created his final and most lasting play, comic masterpieces of all time, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, in 1895. Considered one of the greatest, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is a farce, playing with love, religion, and truth as it tells the tale of two men, Jack Wo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780812967142
ISBN-10:0812967143
Author:Oscar Wilde, Terrence McNally
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Modern Library Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Edition:2003rd
Release Date:1 December 2004
Weight:249g
Dimensions:202mm x 132mm x 16mm
Series:Modern Library Classics
About The Author

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright. His novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, brought him lasting recognition, and he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era with a series of witty social satires, including his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest.

Terrence McNally is the author of numerous plays, including Love! Valour! Compassion! (winner of the Tony Award for best play), The Ritz, and Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, which was made into a feature film starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer, and the books for the musicals The Rink and Kiss of the Spider Woman (winner of the Tony Award for the best book of a musical). Other successes include Lips Together, Teeth Apart and The Lisbon Traviata. McNally has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller grant, and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He also served as vice president for the Dramatists Guild, the national organization of playwrights, composers, and lyricists. He lives in New York City.

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