The Importance of Being Earnest (play)

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptedInto	gptkb:opera gptkb:The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(1952_film) gptkb:The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(2002_film)
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:criticalReception	acclaimed
gptkbp:firstPublished	1899
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:comedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Importance of Being Earnest (play)
gptkbp:influenced	Edwardian comedy
gptkbp:ISBN	978-0-486-28223-8
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:Algernon_Moncrieff gptkb:Cecily_Cardew gptkb:Gwendolen_Fairfax gptkb:Jack_Worthing gptkb:Lady_Bracknell
gptkbp:notableProduction	1895 original production 2002 West End revival 2011 Roundabout Theatre Company production
gptkbp:notableQuote	The truth is rarely pure and never simple. To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
gptkbp:numberOfActs	3
gptkbp:openToPublic	true
gptkbp:originalLanguage	English
gptkbp:period	gptkb:Victorian_era
gptkbp:premiereDate	14 February 1895
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:St_James's_Theatre,_London
gptkbp:publisher	gptkb:Leonard_Smithers_and_Co.
gptkbp:setting	London and Hertfordshire, England
gptkbp:significance	considered Oscar Wilde's masterpiece
gptkbp:structure	three-act play
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:identity Victorian society social satire
gptkbp:theme	gptkb:identity gptkb:marriage deception social class
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(film)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6