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The Importance of Being Earnest - Noel Coward Theatre - Review
February 1895 ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, the play that would go on to be known as Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, premiered both representing and mocking late Victorian society with its story of double lives, society ideas and romance, sending Oscar Wilde to new higher levels of fame.  Just 3 months later in May 1895, Oscar Wilde was arrested for ‘Gross indecency for Homosexual acts’  Now, 130 years later, Max Webster’s staging of that masterpiece fresh from a festive pe
Becky Wallis
6 days ago4 min read
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