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- In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- When Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother for whenever he needs a reason to escape dull country life, Algernon poses as the brother, resulting in ever increasing confusion.
- Why would the same man call himself "John" in the country and "Ernest" in the town?
- In 1890's England, two friends use the pseudonym, Earnest, for their on-the-down-low activities, add in love and a strange coincidence and things get very funny.
- In 1890s London rakish Algy runs into friend Jack who's in town to propose to Algy's cousin Gwendolen. Algy discovers Jack has a brother 'Ernest' and a ward called Cecily. While Jack deals with Gwendolen's mother, Algy tries to meet Cecily. Hilarity ensues when both arrive in the country posing as 'Ernest'!
- An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.
- Act I Algernon Moncrieff is playing the piano offstage while his manservant, Lane, lays out afternoon tea for his master's two expected guests: his aunt, Lady Augusta Bracknell, and her daughter, Gwendolen. Lane announces the arrival of Algernon's friend Ernest, who is also known as Jack Worthing - and who is utterly besotted with Gwendolen. Algernon has come across Ernest's cigarette case inscribed with the message 'From little Cecily, with her fondest love to dear Uncle Jack'. He declares that Ernest may not marry Gwendolen until he reveals the true identities of Jack and Cecily. Ernest explains that he is 'Ernest' in town and 'Jack' in the country, and that Cecily is his ward. As far as Cecily is concerned, Ernest is his ne'er-do-well younger brother who is always in some kind of trouble. Algernon admits that he also leads a double life by pretending to have an invalid friend named Bunbury who often requires his presence in the country. Jack proposes to Gwendolen and is accepted. How can she not love a man whose name is Ernest? Having discovered that her daughter has become engaged, Lady Bracknell quizzes her future son-in-law about his lineage. When she discovers that he knows nothing of his parents and that he was adopted, having been found in a handbag at Victoria Station, she refuses to countenance the match. Jack manages to give Gwendolen his address in the country, which is also noted by Algernon who scribbles it on his cuff. As his guests depart, he tells Lane to put out his country clothes as he will be visiting his friend Bunbury. Act II In the country, Cecily is studying German with her governess, Miss Prism. Algernon, masquerading as her guardian's brother Ernest, arrives and quickly charms Cecily. It is her dream to marry a man who is wicked and bad and called Ernest. Algernon quickly makes plans for Dr Chasuble, the rector, to rechristen him Ernest. Meanwhile, Jack arrives with the sad news that Ernest has passed away in Paris. But Ernest is here, says Cecily. Gwendolen also arrives in the country. As Cecily is giving her tea, the two young women discover that they are both engaged to 'Ernest'. United as sisters now, they expose Jack and Algernon as liars and leave them to quarrel with each other. Act III Cecily and Gwendolen tell Jack and Algernon that they will only marry men called Earnest. The pair are agreed: Dr Chasuble will have to rechristen them both. Lady Bracknell has joined them in the country and is shocked to discover that her nephew appears to have become engaged to Cecily without her permission. But when she discovers that the young woman is in possession of a fortune, her doubts are banished. However, Jack - in his capacity as Cecily's guardian - refuses to give his consent to the marriage until Lady Bracknell permits him and Gwendolen to be united. This Gordian knot is unloosed when Miss Prism reveals that twenty-eight years earlier, while working as a governess in the Bracknell household, she had inadvertently left a baby boy in a bag at Victoria Station. Discovering her error, she had fled. Jack produces the handbag. He is Lady Bracknell's long-lost nephew and therefore Algernon's older brother. His name is the same as that of his father, General Moncrieff which a search of the army records shows to be Earnest. Gwendolen is ecstatic. Now the two couples can be married and with them, Miss Prism and Dr Chasuble.
- In 1890s London rakish Algy runs into friend Jack who's in town to propose to Algy's cousin Gwendolen. Algy discovers Jack has a brother 'Ernest' and a ward called Cecily. While Jack deals with Gwendolen's mother, Algy tries to meet Cecily. Hilarity ensues when both arrive in the country posing as 'Ernest'!
- In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- The same man calls himself "Jack" in town and "Ernest" in the country - but why?
- In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- The earliest filmed version of Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest".
- Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff have taken to bending the truth in order to add a dash of excitement to their lives. Jack has invented an imaginary brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to escape from his dull home in the country and frolic in town. Algernon uses a similar technique, only in reverse: His imaginary friend, Bunbury, provides a convenient and frequent method of taking adventures in the country. However, their deceptions eventually cross paths, resulting in a series of crises that threaten to spoil their romantic pursuits: Jack of his love Gwendolen Fairfax, and Algernon of his belle Cecily Cardew.
- In 1890s London rakish Algy runs into friend Jack who's in town to propose to Algy's cousin Gwendolen. Algy discovers Jack has a brother 'Ernest' and a ward called Cecily. While Jack deals with Gwendolen's mother, Algy tries to meet Cecily. Hilarity ensues when both arrive in the country posing as 'Ernest'!
- Learning that Jack has created a brother named Ernest, Algy adopts the name to woo Jack's cousin, Cecily. While there, Jack's love Gwendolen shows up looking for Jack (Ernest). The men are now forced to beg forgiveness.
- In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- Protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligations.
- Two bachelors, John 'Jack' Worthing and Algernon 'Algy' Moncrieff, create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives whilst attempting to win the hearts of two women.
- A young man is using an alias to meet a young girl. Chaos ensues when he have to explain who he really is.
- Algernon "Algy" Moncrieff (Rupert Frazer) and Jack Worthing (Paul McGann) discover that they have been "Bunberrying", that is, assuming different identities in order to enjoy themselves in a guilt-free manner. Jack's pretending to be his foolish younger brother, Ernest in order to be a model of moral rectitude to his young ward, Cecily Cardew (Natalie Ogle). Jack intends to propose to Gwendolen Fairfax (Amanda Redman). That is until he discovers that she loves him because his name is Ernest. He sets about being rechristened. And when Cecily intends to meet her bad cousin Ernest, and Algy seizes the opportunity, it will take the imperious Lady Bracknell (Dame Joan Plowright), Miss Prism's (Gemma Jones') recollections about her handbag, and an army list to clear the matter up, and allow true love to run its course.
- 1965–19831h 40m8.9 (27)TV EpisodeIn 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- 1971– 1h 54mTV-G8.6 (84)TV EpisodeIn 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- 1998–200342mTV-146.7 (229)TV EpisodeJoey's worst nightmare comes true when she accidentally sends a very personal e-mail she wrote for Dawson to the entire student body. The next morning, Joey's e-mail is the topic of virtually all campus discussions when Professor Hetson cruelly decides to debate it with his students just to see Joey squirm at the talk. Meanwhile, Jack makes an attempt to get to know his cultural professor, Mark Freeman, better, but he pays no attention to Jack. Pacey, while struggling to survive the first days on his new job, closes a very important deal for the firm, which his wheeling-dealing mentor Rich Rinaldi takes full credit for. Eddie, at student in Joey's reading class and whom works as the bartender at Hell's Kitchen, persuades Joey to confront any challenge that Hetson throws and not show any weakness because the stern and misogynistic Hetson thrives on it.
- In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- Hosts Osborne and Fisher discuss and introduce The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), adapted from Oscar Wilde's play.
- In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- Jack and Algernon pretend to be named Earnest in order to charm Gwendolen and Cecily, respectively into marrying them. All while Lady Bracknell threatens their potential pairings by reserving her approval. This classic comedy is sure to make even the stern laugh, with razor sharp dialogue that drives the charming plot forward.
- In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- 2008–Podcast Episode
- In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- 2021– 2mPodcast Episode
- 2013–Podcast Episode
- Episode: (2014)2014– 41mPodcast Episode
- 2011– 28mPodcast Episode
- In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
- The formidable Lady Bracknell is quite willing that Algernon shall marry Cecily and her fortune. Jack, however, as Cecily's guardian, refuses his consent unless Lady Bracknell permits his marriage to Gwendolyn.
- 2013– 42mPodcast Episode
- 2021– 1h 9mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 1h 24mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 1h 22mPodcast Episode
- 2019– 1h 27mPodcast Episode
- 2022– 2h 17mPodcast Episode