The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

This volume gathers Wilde's plays, led by his best-loved comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, a farce of invented identities and Victorian courtship. Alongside it are other stage works from his brief, brilliant career as a dramatist, which combine witty dialogue with sharp views of high society, marriage, respectability and secrets. Together they show the range of his theatre, from light comedy to more serious moral drama, and explain why his plays are still so often performed.