The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays - Intr. by Sylvan Barnet. New afterword by Elise Bruhl and Michael Gamer
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| Verlag | Penguin US |
| Auflage | 2012 |
| Seiten | 201 |
| Format | 10,5 x 17,2 x 1,4 cm |
| Gewicht | 124 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Reihe | Signet Classic |
| ISBN-10 | 0451531892 |
| EAN | 9780451531896 |
| Bestell-Nr | 45153189EA |
A universal favorite, The Importance of Being Earnest displays Oscar Wilde s wit and theatrical genius at their brilliant best.
Subtitled A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, this hilarious attack on Victorian manners and morals turns a pompous world on its head, lets duplicity lead to happiness, and makes riposte the highest form of art. Written, according to Wilde, by a butterfly for butterflies, it is a dazzling masterpiece of comic entertainment.
Although it was originally written in four acts, The Importance of Being Earnest is usually performed in a three-act version. This authoritative edition features an appendix that restores valuable lines that appeared in the original.
Also included in this special collection are Wilde s first comedy success, Lady Windermere s Fan, and his richly sensual melodrama, Salomé, which he called that terrible coloured little tragedy I once in some strange mood wrote and which shocked and enraged the censors of his t ime.
Includes an Introduction by Sylvan Barnet
and an Afterword by Elise Bruhl and Michael Gamer