The Importance of Being Earnest

Jack loves Gwendolyn. Gwendolyn loves Ernest. Algernon loves Cecily. Cecily loves Ernest. Jack and Algernon are both Ernest, or so the ladies think. Who is Ernest, in earnest? Join them, the imposing Lady Bracknell, and a nanny with an improbable tale involving a handbag, as they sort it all out. Unchallenged for more than a century as one of the funniest English comedies, The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde’s greatest achievement. Ernest Johns directs.