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Two young men each invent a wicked friend named Ernest so they can slip away and misbehave in peace, and two young women are determined to marry a man named Ernest and no one else. Wilde builds his glittering machine out of mistaken identity, cucumber sandwiches, and a baby once lost in a handbag. Nearly every line is a joke people still quote, and the wit has not aged a day since 1895. It is regularly called the funniest play in the English language.
The first chapter
Act I: Algernon Moncrieff’s Flat in Half-Moon Street, W.
Act II: The Garden at the Manor House, Woolton.
Act III: Drawing-Room at the Manor House, Woolton.
Time: The present.
Source: Standard Ebooks. Published 1899 (first performed 1895). Author died 1900. Public domain worldwide. Share this book: WhatsApp
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