The Importance of Being Earnest (stage)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(stage)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:play
gptkbp:author gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:firstPublished 1899
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
gptkb:farce
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Importance of Being Earnest (stage)
gptkbp:language English
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_(film,_1952)
gptkb:The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(film,_2002)
gptkb:The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(opera,_2011)
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:originalLanguage English
gptkbp:premiereDate 1895-02-14
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:St_James's_Theatre,_London
gptkbp:setting London and Hertfordshire, late Victorian era
gptkbp:structure three acts
gptkbp:subject Victorian society
social satire
mistaken identity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Matt_Smith
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5