The Importance of Being Earnest Study Guide

Rex Young (left) as John Worthing, Tyler Layton as Hon. Gwendolyn Fairfax, Katie Kowlowski as Cecily Cardew, and Paul Riopelle as Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest, 2003.

Information on the Play

Synopsis
Characters
About the Playwright
More about the Playwright

Scholarly Articles on the Play

Wilde’s Optimum Opus
Sparkle and Wit
The Preposterous Becomes the Norm
The Importance of the Importance . . .
Inspiring Paradoxes

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