The Importance of Being Earnest at UPStage Artists
author: Wes Dennis
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is often referred to as the funniest play in the English language. While I may not entirely agree with that assessment — comedy can be quite subjective and often derives from specific cultural contexts, such that objective qualifiers like “funniest” should be regarded with a certain skepticism — many people are saying that the play remains decidedly amusing and culturally relevant even 130 years after its publication date.
