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The Importance of Being Earnest (Dramatized)

By: Oscar Wilde
Narrated by: James Marsters, Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf
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Publisher's summary

This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think their names are Ernest, "that name which inspires absolute confidence". Wilde's effervescent wit, scathing social satire, and high farce make this one of the most cherished plays in the English language.

Includes an interview with director Michael Hackett, professor of Theater in the School of Theater, Film and Television at UCLA.

An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:
James Marsters as Jack
Charles Busch as Lady Bracknell
Emily Bergl as Cecily
Neil Dickson as Lane and Merriman
Jill Gascoine as Miss Prism
Christopher Neame as Chasuble
Matthew Wolf as Algernon
Sarah Zimmerman as Gwendolen

Directed by Michael Hackett. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

©2009 L.A. Theatre Works (P)2009 L.A. Theatre Works

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A Quite Amusing Play

This is a play full of fun word play and Shakespearean like twists. The full cast really makes this one and it's well worth a listen.

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Oscar Wilde Speaks to My Heart

Would you listen to The Importance of Being Earnest again? Why?

Yes. It was short and fantastic.

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I have always loved this play and this audio production was absolutely wonderful. Just splendid.

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Hilarious

This play had me laughing out loud at several points. Very well acted, especially Emily Bergl as Cecily.

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Amazing

this production is an amazing version of this play. I highly recommend it! James Marsters is superb, as is the rest of the cast.

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A classic and funny production.

Classic playwriting and a great performance. A quirky and funny production. I recommend this audiobook.

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Very well done

A wonderful rendition and well acted. I laughed. I smiled. And I would recommend. =)

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Awesome

Michael Hackett did an amazing job directing the actors. Just listening to the audio book made me laugh out loud. Oscar Wilde was a great satirist. I'm sorry he felt he had to quit. He was so good. The actors were amazing as well.

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Hilarious!

As an introduction to Oscar Wilde, this was the best choice for me. Sophisticated, madcap humor and such delightful characters. What a treat.

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Great fun

This is really well done.

First the play itself which still feels fresh after more than a hundred years. It’s truly a precursor of the wordplay in Wodehouse.

Then the performance which is excellent. I loved Lady Bracknell.

Finally the interview with the director at the end was a treat.

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love!!!

This was my first Oscar Wilde play and it was fantastic. I liked it so much that I went and bought all his plays.

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