Seattle Rep’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: Beyond the Theatre
Due to COVID-19, Seattle Rep's production of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde was cancelled. This list of books and films, compiled in order to enhance patrons' experience of the show, was created by librarians at Seattle Public Library prior to the pandemic.
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Wilde in America
Author Friedman examines Wilde’s 1882 tour of America and how the young author took advantage of this opportunity to promote his work in another country and craft his image.
Format: Book
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Oscar Wilde
This hour-long streaming documentary explores Wilde’s meteoric rise and fall in turn-of-the-century London. It includes the only known recording by Wilde (of “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”).
Format: Streaming Video
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Seattle Rep's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST website
Jack Worthing is in a bit of a pickle. As a baby, he was abandoned in a train station, and now, in order to marry his beloved Gwendolen, he must prove his lineage to her eagle-eyed mother, Lady Bracknell. To make matters worse, Jack has been known to the entire town—and Gwendolen—as “Ernest” in his desire to lead an exciting double-life, and Gwendolen’s about to get the shock of her life.
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