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1、TheImportanceofBeingEarnestWilde,OscarPublished:1895Type(s):Plays,Humor/SatireSource:ProjectGutenberg1AboutWilde:OscarFingalO'FlahertieWillsWilde(October16,1854–November30,1900)wasanIrishplaywright,novelist,poet,andshortstorywriter.Knownforhisbarbedwit,hewasoneofthemostsuccessfulplaywrightsoflateVic
2、torianLondon,andoneofthegreatestcelebritiesofhisday.Astheresultofafamoustrial,hesufferedadramaticdownfallandwasim-prisonedfortwoyearsofhardlabourafterbeingconvictedoftheoffenceof"grossindecency".ThescholarH.MontgomeryHydesuggeststhistermimplieshomosexualactsnotamountingtobuggeryinBritishlegis-lation
3、ofthetime.Source:Wikipedia2TheImportanceofBeingEarnestATrivialComedyforSeriousPeopleTHEPERSONSINTHEPLAYJohnWorthing,J.P.AlgernonMoncrieffRev.CanonChasuble,D.D.Merriman,ButlerLane,ManservantLadyBracknellHon.GwendolenFairfaxCecilyCardewMissPrism,GovernessTHESCENESOFTHEPLAYACTI.AlgernonMoncrieff’sFlati
4、nHalf-MoonStreet,W.ACTII.TheGardenattheManorHouse,Woolton.ACTIII.Drawing-RoomattheManorHouse,Woolton.TIME:ThePresent.LONDON:ST.JAMES’STHEATRELesseeandManager:Mr.GeorgeAlexanderFebruary14th,1895JohnWorthing,J.P.:Mr.GeorgeAlexander.AlgernonMoncrieff:Mr.AllenAynesworth.Rev.CanonChasuble,D.D.:Mr.H.H.Vin
5、cent.Merriman:Mr.FrankDyall.Lane:Mr.F.KinseyPeile.LadyBracknell:MissRoseLeclercq.Hon.GwendolenFairfax:MissIreneVanbrugh.3CecilyCardew:MissEvelynMillard.MissPrism:Mrs.GeorgeCanninge.4ActIMorning-roominAlgernon’sflatinHalf-MoonStreet.Theroomislux-uriouslyandartisticallyfurnished.Thesoundofapianoishear
6、dintheadjoiningroom.[Laneisarrangingafternoonteaonthetable,andafterthemusichasceased,Algernonenters.]Algernon.DidyouhearwhatIwasplaying,Lane?Lane.Ididn’tthinkitpolitetolisten,sir.Algernon.I’msorryforthat,foryoursake.Idon’tplayaccur-ately—anyonecanplayaccurately—butIplaywithwonderfulexpres-sion.Asfar
7、asthepianoisconcerned,sentimentismyforte.Ikeepsci-enceforLife.Lane.Yes,sir.Algernon.And,speakingofthescienceofLife,haveyougotthecu-cumbersandwichescutforLadyBracknell?Lane.Yes,sir.[Handsthemonasalver.
