The Importance of Being Earnest: A Play in Three Acts (Actor's Edition) - Softcover

Wilde, Oscar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573601909 ISBN 13: 9780573601903

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc., 2011

Synopsis

Oscar Wilde

Full Length, Farce comedy

Charcters: 5 male, 4 female

Exterior Set and 2 Interior Sets

This masterpiece is probably the most famous of all comedies. It revolves wittily around the most ingenious case of "manufactured" mistaken identity ever put into a play.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde was edited for students who are actively building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®), GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.

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About the Author:

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his only novel (The Picture of Dorian Gray), his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0573601909
• ISBN 13: 9780573601903
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 91