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Short Play, Comedy / 3w, 2m, 2 any gender (adult)
Adapted by Jason Pizzarello
From the play by Oscar Wilde
When two ladies – both engaged to Ernest Worthing – meet up, chaos ensues. All the wit of Oscar Wilde in less than half the time.
In this one-act adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s beloved romantic comedy, the stakes are even higher and the deadlines even tighter for poor Jack Worthing, whose alter ego “Ernest” comes back to haunt him in the form of his rakish friend Algernon Montcrieff, who adopts the false identity to woo Jack’s ward Cecily. But Jack-as-Ernest has just proposed to Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen, to the great disapproval of her mother, the rigid Lady Bracknell. When the two ladies – both engaged to Ernest Worthing – meet up, chaos ensues. All the wit of Wilde in less than half the time.
The Importance of Being Earnest (in 30 minutes) was published in 2014 and has since been performed across the US.
JOHN “JACK” WORTHING ALGERNON MONCRIEFF LADY BRACKNELL – Algernon’s Aunt (can also be played by a male). GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX – Her daughter. CECILY CARDEW – Jack’s ward. MISS PRISM – Her Governess. MERRY or MERRIMAN – A servant (male or female).
A fancy country home. The garden. 1885.