The Importance of Being Earnest - Abridged Edition

The full text of Oscar Wilde''s beloved comedy of manners, including exclusive commentary, selections from Wilde''s correspondence, and excerpts from the original four-act version. The Importance of Being Earnest shows a full measure of Oscar Wilde''s legendary wit, and embodies more than any of his other plays his decency and warmth. This edition contains substantial excerpts from the original four-act version which was never produced, as well as the full text of the final three-act version, selections from Wilde''s correspondence, and commentary by George Bernard Shaw, Max Beerbohm, St. John Hankin, and James Agate. "It is exquisitely trivial, a delicate bubble of fancy and it has its philosophy; that we should treat all trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality." -Oscar Wilde

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Oscar Wilde, Wilde Oscar
• Verlag: William Morrow
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.1976
• EAN: 9780380012770
• ISBN: 978-0-380-01277-0
• Seiten: 160
• Abmessung: 108 mm x 171 mm x 13 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; European History, Ireland, Theatre Studies, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Performing arts: comedy, United States of America, USA, Comedy and stand-up, Creative writing and creative writing guides, Plays, Playscripts, Film scripts and screenplays, Television screenplays, scripts and performances, Theatre direction and production, Film history, theory or criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, History of Performing Arts, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Social History, PERFORMING ARTS: Film & Video / History & Criticism, DRAMA: American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM: Drama, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain, PERFORMING ARTS: Screenplays, PERFORMING ARTS: Theater / Broadway & Musicals, DRAMA: European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, PERFORMING ARTS: Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS: Theater / Playwriting