Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest
Original One-Act Adaptation by David Hsieh
World Premiere
November 9 - 25, 1995
Theatre Off Jackson
"-- A trivial comedy for serious people."
-- Oscar Wilde
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The cast during Lady Bracknell's
arrival in Scene I of ReAct's
The Importance of Being Earnest.
Photo: David Hsieh.
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John Bianchi as Jack, Emily Jo
Testa as Cecily and T.J. Langley
as Algernon in scene 2 of ReAct's
The Importance of Being Earnest.
Photo: David Hsieh.
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The Program
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The Setting
England in July of 1895.
SCENE 1
Algernon Moncrieff's flat, London.
SCENE 2
The Garden of the Manor House, Woolton, Hertfordshire.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
played for the first time at the St. James Theatre in London on Thursday,
February 14, 1895.
This one-act adaptation presented with The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year and The Bald Soprano under the banner title "Loves Lies & Language" is the World Premiere production.
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Production Notes
Artistic Director's Notes
On this hundredth anniversary year of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece, it has been a pleasure
for us to develop and work on this condensed adaptation,
and also to present it to you along with John Guare's
unusually charming romantic short, and Eugene Ionesco's
infamous and theatrically challenging anti-play. "Variety is the spice of life.".
On behalf of myself, Kathy, Robert and the casts and
crew, I hope you enjoyed the three very different works
presented in our "mini-festival" of world theatre.
--David Hsieh, Director of The Importance of Being Earnest
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The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde belongs in the public domain.
ReAct's presentation of David Hsieh's original one-act adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance
of Being Earnest was presented by special arrangement with DAVID HSIEH.
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The cast in in the final scene of
ReAct's The Importance of
Being Earnest.
Photo: David Hsieh.
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The cast in the final tableau
of ReAct's The Importance
of Being Earnest.
Photo: David Hsieh.
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Special Thanks To...
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Caroline Blakeslee for loaned props
The Bombay Company for discounted set pieces
Burien Little Theatre for costume support
Walter Carr for loaned props
Gertrude Chiang & Chu-Shen Tao for loaned props
Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Eidal for loaned props
Dr. Richard D. Eidal for loaned props
The Elliott Bay Book Company for promotional support
George Paul Glanzman for production support
Gigi Jhong for production support
T.J. Langley for production support
The Northwest Asian American Theatre for loaned set pieces
Office Depot for discounted copying support
Pier One Imports for loaned set pieces
Stephanie Santos for music
Seattle Police Department East Precinct for donated rehearsal space
University of Washington School of Drama for donated rehearsal space
Leslie Jean Warner for loaned props
Patti West for technical support
Rick Wong & Rk Productions for videography
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