Add to ORKGThe Importance of Being Earnest, written in 1895, was originally a three-act drama. It has recently been condensed into the one-act version. Mr. Wilde, using subtle humor to near perfection, wrote the play as a satire on the English aristocracy. Today it is recognized as an outstanding melodrama of the modern theatre.https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1907-1958/1092/thumbnail.jp