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Literature classics. 24, What makes The Importance of Being Earnest a classic? /

Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest was first performed in February 1895, just weeks before Wilde's career was destroyed by scandal. With themes of deception and double meaning, it lampoons Victorian ideas of class and morality.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Londonderry, Northern Ireland : Makematic, 2022.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Wilde, Oscar, > 1854-1900. > Importance of being earnest.
Importance of being earnest (Wilde, Oscar)
Literature.
Drama.
Satire.
Littérature.
Théâtre (Genre littéraire)
Drama
Literature
Satire
Animated films
Educational films
Short films
Animated films.
Short films.
Educational films.
Courts métrages.
Films éducatifs.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest was first performed in February 1895, just weeks before Wilde's career was destroyed by scandal. With themes of deception and double meaning, it lampoons Victorian ideas of class and morality.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed April 10, 2023).
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 minutes)
Playing Time:00:03:23