The Importance of Being Earnest (theatre)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(theatre)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:play
gptkbp:author gptkb:Oscar_Wilde
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:St_James's_Theatre,_London
1895-02-14
gptkbp:firstPublished 1899
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comedy
gptkb:farce
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Importance of Being Earnest (theatre)
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_(1952_film)
gptkb:The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest_(2002_film)
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:publisher gptkb:Leonard_Smithers_and_Co.
gptkbp:setting London and Hertfordshire, England
gptkbp:subject gptkb:identity
gptkb:marriage
Victorian society
social satire
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eric_Abraham
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7