Set in England during the late Victorian era, the play's humour derives in part from characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. It is replete with witty dialogue and satirises some of the foibles and hypocrisy of late Victorian society. It has proved Wilde's most enduringly popular play. - [*Wikipedia*] : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest
Adaptations (6)
The Importance of Being Earnest has been adapted 6 times, across television film and film, from 1976 to 2018.
The Importance of Being Earnest1976 · television film · 85 min · dir. Aleksandr Belinsky · IMDb ↗IMDb8.4Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
Jak je dulezité míti Filipa1979 · television film · 75 min · dir. Jirí Belka · IMDb ↗IMDb8.3Two gentlemen, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, have a brilliant plan! To spice up their quiet country life and bring some excitement into it, they invent a person they absolutely must travel to. Jack creates an imaginary brother, Philip, who he uses as an excuse to travel to London to see the lovely Gwendoline. Algernon, on the other hand, has an imaginary friend, Banbury, who is constantly ill and must urgently visit him at his hospital bed. Everything starts to fall apart when Moncrieff starts calling himself Philip after visiting Worthing's young protégé, Cecilia, at her country estate. When the two gentlemen find themselves under the same roof together - it's time to discover how important it is to have Philip!
The Importance of Being Earnest1992 · film · 123 min · dir. Kurt Baker · IMDb ↗IMDb7.7An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.
The Importance of Being Earnest2002 · film · 97 min · dir. Oliver Parker · IMDb ↗Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
The Importance of Being Earnest2011 · film · 91 min · dir. Brian Bedford, David Stern · IMDb ↗IMDb7.7Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
The Importance of Being Earnest2018 · film · 165 min · dir. Michael Fentiman · IMDb ↗IMDb7.6Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
