Literature at Lunchtime - The Importance of Being Earnest

Literature at Lunchtime - The Importance of Being Earnest

Learn more of darling Oscar with Dr Jane Mackay as he staged his wonderful ‘comedy for serious people’  in the year when his social disgrace was just beginning.

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Darling Oscar staged his wonderful ‘comedy for serious people’ in the year when his social disgrace was just beginning. Just before his conviction for ‘gross indecency’, Wilde was feted as the most amusing writer in the world and had 3 plays on the London stage at the same time. Come and enjoy his humour and his humanity.


With the 2002 film starring Colin Firth at 2.30pm

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