Show 1 4 CAB From Page 5 The Of Being Earn Importance Earnest f fj j by M Ed Lile 1 yb 5 a sH 2 h rM t rw 4 Algernon Cecily Miss Prism From Dr Chasuble Gwendolen John Lady Bushnell behind f v John f J A TRIVIAL COMEDY MEDY FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE Well yes you might say that The Importance of r Being Earnest is is' is for serious serious people-serious people who like to J laugh Pr Presented at SL t 7 tABs tAB's CABs CAB's first dinner theater eater last quarter f f w r t. t by the the theater t depart department e 9 of at at- Orem Pr Orem Provo yo soon to be the Utah tah Valley Community m College The Importance of Being Earnest C was written by Oscar Wilde produced by Kim Brewster and andt andR t R directed by Steve Asay As its title indi indicates ates it is a about ut 1 earnestness earnestness' arnest ess' ess that is Victorian sol solemnity that kind ind of false seriousness which means W 3 t priggishness hypocrisy and lack of f. f irony Wilde Wilde proclaims that w Jj l. l i earnestness is less praiseworthy worthy than 1 J J the ironic attitude to life which is regarded as superficial We ate are accustomed to plays in which a serious pl plot t and theme are enlivened enlivened- dramatized by comic incident and witticism Opposite of all this Oscar Wilde has no serious plot and no cr credible ible characters characters' This play i represents Wildes Wilde's witticisms that he believes to tobe tobe tobe be not comic but serious relief Considering that The Importance of Being Earnest was presented on a flat stage without hangings and with th the minimum of settings it directed the attention to the acting which was excellent at Orem theater productions as well as the Utah Valley Theater Guild have presented presente numerous excellent dramas and this plays-this is an excellent example |