Townsquare Players: the Importance of Being Earnest March 18, 2011

Whenever Jack Worthing slips away to London from his British country estate, he says he is going to see his (fictitious) wayward brother Ernest. Once there, he maintains his privacy by calling himself Ernest - luckily so, as his beloved Gwendolen declares she could only love an Ernest. Her cousin, Algy, is the one person who knows Jack's secret, and one day he travels down to the estate, announcing himself to Jack's attractive ward Cecily as bad brother Ernest. Cecily is much taken with him and with his name, so on Jack's return home and Gwendolen's unexpected arrival, it becomes clear there are both too many and too few Ernests earnestly courting. 'The Importance of Being Earnest' is classic Oscar Wilde with the wit and social satire for which he is deservedly known.