Fine Arts
The Importance of Being Earnest
Location
Jones TheaterDate & Time
7:30pm CST November 20, 2015Contact
7:30pm CST November 20, 2015
Jones Theater
Sarofim School of Fine Arts’ Theatre Department is thrilled to present the immortal play acclaimed as one of the wittiest comedies in the English language, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest.
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November 13-15 and 19-22, 2015
7:30pm | Thurs, Fri. and Sat.
3pm | Sun.
First performed in 1895 in London, this is Oscar Wilde’s best – and most popular – comedy about two young gentlemen who create alter egos to escape obligations and to add excitement to their lives. Jack Worthing invents a brother, “Ernest,” whom he uses as an excuse to leave his boring country life and visit the beautiful Gwendolen in London. Gwendolen’s cousin, Algernon Moncrieff, invents “Bunbury,” whom he uses to leave London and head to the country. Algernon knows Jack’s secret and decides to visit Jack in the country. To complicate matters more he meets Jack’s attractive ward, Cecily, and introduces himself as “Ernest.” Things go awry when all of these hilarious characters end up in the country together and their deceptions are exposed – threatening their romances. The women soon discover there are too few Ernests being earnest!