The Importance of Being Earnest

Files

Streaming Media

Playwright

Oscar Wilde

Performance Dates

May 13-15, 1965

Creative Team

Director........................................Ortha Stambaugh

Designer-Technical Director.........Fred Thayer

Synopsis

The Importance of Being Earnest is the most renowned of Oscar Wilde’s comedies. It’s the story of two bachelors, John ‘Jack’ Worthing and Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men called Ernest. The pair struggle to keep up with their own stories and become tangled in a tale of deception, disguise and misadventure. The elaborate plot ridicules Victorian sensibilities with some of the best loved, and indeed bizarre, characters to be found on the modern stage.

Disciplines

Acting | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History

Keywords

College Theater, Otterbein University Theater, Drama

Recommended Citation

Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1965). 1964-1965 Season. 2.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1964-1965/2