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Ep. 1: The Importance of Being Earnest

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Ep. 1: The Importance of Being Earnest

By: Oscar Wilde
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A new version of this timeless classic starring Stephen Fry.

Jack Worthing and Algernon Montcrieff have taken to bending the truth in order to put some excitement into their lives. Jack has invented a brother, Earnest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his dull life behind to visit Gwendolyn.

Montcrieff decides to take the name Earnest when visiting Worthing's young and beautiful ward, Cecily. Things start to go awry when they end up together in the country and the truth starts to unravel.

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What a wonderful little story. Thoroughly enjoyable. A fabulous look at society of the time of the turn of the century.

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