Diese Veranstaltung ist schon vorbei

Wann:

Mi 22. Dez 2010, 19:30

Wo: Vienna's English Theatre, Josefsgasse 12, 08. Josefstadt, Wien

In Oscar Wilde’s most perfect comedy, loved for its popular characters and memorable one-liners, young bachelors Jack and Algernon each assume a pseudonym to woo the women who have won their hearts. Abandoned in London’s Victoria Station as an infant and now living in a country manor, Jack has fallen in love with Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen, the daughter of the formidable Lady Bracknell. In order to meet with her in London he invents “Ernest”, a fictitious brother who demands his attention in the city. Meanwhile Algernon escapes his obligations in London to visit his friend “Bunbury” in the country. There Algernon meets and falls in love with Jack’s ward Cecily, and the stage is set for much skilful plotting and hilarious confusion. When each gentleman is forced to untangle his web of lies, being earnest takes on a whole new meaning and they can only hope that their ladies will learn that “a rose by any other name still smells as sweet”.