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Plays of Oscar Wilde: The Importance Of Being Earnest (1895)

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Wilde, Oscar

Wilde, Oscar
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Importance Of Being Earnest (1895)

Act I

Summary:

The scene is Algernon Moncrieff's flat (apartment) in Half-Moon Street,
London. Algernon's perfect servant, Lane, is setting out afternoon tea. The
sound of a piano can be heard from another room. When the music stops,
Algernon enters the room.

Algernon asks Lane whether he has made cucumber sandwiches for his aunt,
Lady Bracknell. Lane produces the platter of sandwiches, and Algernon takes
two. He continues to eat cucumber sandwiches as the scene progresses. Lane
announces that Mr. Ernest Worthing is ...

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