The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(1895)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:play
gptkbp:author gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:firstPublished 1899
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
gptkbp:influenced modern comedy of manners
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literaryPeriod Victorian literature
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Algernon_Moncrieff
gptkb:Cecily_Cardew
gptkb:Gwendolen_Fairfax
gptkb:Jack_Worthing
gptkb:Lady_Bracknell
gptkbp:notableAdaptation gptkb:The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(1952_film)
gptkb:The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(2002_film)
gptkbp:premiereDate 1895-02-14
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:St_James's_Theatre,_London
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Leonard_Smithers_and_Co.
gptkbp:setting London and Hertfordshire, England
gptkbp:structure three acts
gptkbp:subject gptkb:identity
gptkb:marriage
satire
Victorian society
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cecily_Cardew
gptkb:Gwendolen_Fairfax
gptkb:Empire_Theatre,_New_York
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6