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Our next production is The Importance of Being Earnest will be be performed on Thursday 21 June, Friday 22 June and Saturday 23 June 2007 at 7.30pm, Pentyrch Village Hall (doors open 7:00pm). To book your tickets (£6.50 adults, £5.00 concessions), please phone the box office on 01443 202 959.
The story is a comedy of errors and confusions around names, in
particular the name Ernest. Two friends, one named Jack Worthing
and the other Algernon, each have imaginary friends that they 'escape'
to see to get away from their home lives. Jack lives in the country
but often visits his imaginary brother named 'Ernest' in the city.
Algernon, on the other hand, lives in the city and often visits
his imaginary friend called 'Bunbury' in the country.
Because Algnernon only knows Jack through the name of Ernest, he
is unaware of his country name and personality, which is a more
serious character for the benefit of his ward, Cecily.
Jack then arrives in the city as Ernest wishing to marry Gwendolen,
Algernon' s cousin, whilst Algernon finds out about the attractive
Cecily and wants to meet her too. He gets the idea to visit John
in the country, pretending that he is the mysterious brother 'Ernest'.
However, Jack has decided to give up his imaginary friend, and
to do this he has announced the tragic 'death' of Ernest. Algernon
is therefore visiting the country as a dead man, as far as the hosts
are aware.
Cecily and Gwendolen both get engaged to their 'Ernest Worthings'
as both fell in love with the name, but they then find out they
have been deceived and neither of the two Ernest's really exist.
So, it seems that everybody loves Ernest, but nobody's quite sure
who he really is!
The Importance of Being Earnest is a Victorian era farce, arguably
one of the best ever written, cleverly constructed, delightfully
amusing and full of brilliant wit, clever lines, puns, epigrams,
deft repartees and social satire.
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