Oscar Wilde's most famous and most successful, play, The Importance of Being Earnest is an outrageously witty and implausibly farcical comedy about marriage and manners. Jack Worthington, known as Earnest in the city, struggles to keep his two lives separate as he juggles the affections of Gwendolen and Cecily. When Gwendolen unexpectedly visits the country, a romp of bewildered suitors, secret rendezvous and witty wordplay ensues.