![]() ![]() There are hilarious results and all the while Lady Bracknell asserts her upper class perspective on every aspect of the loves and lives of the people involved. The name Earnest is merely a means to an end for this comedy, in which the efforts of two young men in securing the attentions of attractive young women result in mistaken identity and double lives. It works the words and actions of the characters are all that is needed to tell the class story. This includes staging the performance on an essentially bare stage with little in the way of the luxurious opulence sometimes used to denote the privileged social standing of the protagonists in the story. The production is slick, uncomplicated and thoroughly satisfying, with the wit and satire of the script on show at all times, unsullied by unnecessary extras. The play is directed by Geordie Brookman and stars one of Australia’s best-known actors, Nancye Hayes as Lady Bracknell. ![]() Well, there’s nothing trivial about its enduring capacity to delight audiences and this continues to be true with the State Theatre’s current Adelaide production of Wilde’s 1890’s classic. Oscar Wilde sub-titled the high farce that is The Importance of Being Earnest as A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. ![]()
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