Download or read book The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde The New Fully Latest Annotated Edition written by Oscar Wilde and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-08-13 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations.