The Importance of Being Earnest (Dramatized)

De: Oscar Wilde

Narrado por: James Marsters, Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, Neil Dickson, Jill Gascoine, Christopher Neame, Matthew Wolf

Duración: 1 h y 58 m

Resumen del Editor

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

Hilarious!

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

Well read it and great play!

I think it was well read it and that it is a great play! I liked it very much. Wilde is always the best! looking forward to read more of him.

Phenomenally Hilarious!

Phenomenally Hilarious! Amazingly dramatized. I only wish I could have seen this in person.

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.

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.

Thouroughly Enjoyable!

I had read this play many years ago, but never seen it performed. I admit, at the time, that I was not very impressed. This performance has changed my mind! This a truly funny play that had me laughing out loud at times, and Oscar Wilde has a wonderful sense for the absurd. The performance was very good, I can't resist James Marsters in a British accent (oh, and the others were good, too.)

Enjoyable listen

I love this play. The cast of this version was commendable, but not great. Plenty talented enough however, to make this a fun listen. The voices of the ensemble were for the most part, sufficiently distinct to follow the dialogue, though Marsters who played Ernest/Jack and the actor who played Algernon were a bit similar. It helped to be familiar with the play. What I say is whenever one has the chance to listen to or watch this silly and wonderful piece of satire, one should take it.

Enjoyable - especially liked discussion afterward

This was fun to listen to, but what was great too was the discussion afterward with the Professor of Theater who discussed Oscar Wilde, his work, his life, and how this play fit with society and people's ideas in that era.

Masterfully Funny

Oscar Wilde's only play the Importance of Being Earnest is humorous in its double talk, a brief and yet impactful blend. The actors perform wonderfully and is a lighthearted masterpiece.

Delightful, Hysterical and Entertaining!

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

I intend on listening to this again because the actors reading each part are absolutely perfect in their performance. The story is a clever, screwball comedy. The language is beautiful. This masterpiece is Oscar Wilde's final work.

What did you like best about this story?

The clever language, the fast moving story.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The tone of voice, the emphasis of certain words.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me giggle and smile!

Any additional comments?

I would recommend this for educators, as well as those who want to share their love of theatre to their friends and children.