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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Funny play, love Oscar Wilde’s humor and writing, adore the bold statements his characters always seem to be making
5 ★s. would be more but what would be the point, i have a 5 ★ scale. there are 5 ★ for the following quote alone: “Oh! I don't think I would like to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about.”
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Is it too obvious to say that Wilde writes neatly and wittily even as a ridiculous scenario plays out around our characters: there are two men, Jack and Algernon; two women, Cecily and Gwendolyn; a butler, Merriman; A manservant, Lane; a Reverend Chasuble; a governess, Miss Prism and an aunt, Lady Bracknell.
It is Lady Bracknall who this play is most associated with. Her response to discovering that Jack was born in a hand-bag - a hand-bag!! - at Victoria Station. It's interesting that in the play there's no real indication how to play the hand-bag line. It's just 'A handbag?' You could throw it away. But everyone hears it in Edith Evans' voice. But it is a great moment in a nice scene.
Both Jack and Algernon have created alibis to allow them to escape their relatives. Jack calls himself Earnest and has invented a brother. Algernon has invented to sick friend called Bunbury so he can go Bunburying about the country. Jack loves Gwendolyn. Algernon likes the sound of Cecily, who is Jack's ward, but has never....look there's a lot of stuff going on to comedic effect.
I'm not sure if Wilde was an influence on Wodehouse but the Aunt, the butler and the comedic confusion seems to fit Wodehouse to a tea. Wilde though is constantly flinging wit and cleverness at you. Hardly anyone speaks like a human being. It's all very...arch. But delightfully so. You can see why this play gets performed a lot. Almost everyone is a part that actors would chomp down on. There's two parts for actresses over 40 and there's barely a dud line in it.
I have seen a sort of version of this play on stage but not one without a weird extra story bolted on and now I really want to. I'm definitely going to hunt out the 1952 film. I know there's a 2002 film with Rupert Everett and Colin Firth in it, but I'll go for the 1952 one first.
It is Lady Bracknall who this play is most associated with. Her response to discovering that Jack was born in a hand-bag - a hand-bag!! - at Victoria Station. It's interesting that in the play there's no real indication how to play the hand-bag line. It's just 'A handbag?' You could throw it away. But everyone hears it in Edith Evans' voice. But it is a great moment in a nice scene.
Both Jack and Algernon have created alibis to allow them to escape their relatives. Jack calls himself Earnest and has invented a brother. Algernon has invented to sick friend called Bunbury so he can go Bunburying about the country. Jack loves Gwendolyn. Algernon likes the sound of Cecily, who is Jack's ward, but has never....look there's a lot of stuff going on to comedic effect.
I'm not sure if Wilde was an influence on Wodehouse but the Aunt, the butler and the comedic confusion seems to fit Wodehouse to a tea. Wilde though is constantly flinging wit and cleverness at you. Hardly anyone speaks like a human being. It's all very...arch. But delightfully so. You can see why this play gets performed a lot. Almost everyone is a part that actors would chomp down on. There's two parts for actresses over 40 and there's barely a dud line in it.
I have seen a sort of version of this play on stage but not one without a weird extra story bolted on and now I really want to. I'm definitely going to hunt out the 1952 film. I know there's a 2002 film with Rupert Everett and Colin Firth in it, but I'll go for the 1952 one first.
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes