Oxford Bookworms Playscripts Stage 2: The Importance of Being Earnest [平裝] (牛津書蟲劇本系列 第二級：不可兒戲)

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This famous play by Oscar Wilde is one of the finest comedies in the English language. Algernon knows that his friend Jack does not always tell the truth. For example, in town his name is Ernest, while in the country he calls himself Jack. And who is the girl who gives him presents 'from little Cecily, with all her love'? But when the beautiful Gwendolen Fairfax says that she can only love a man whose name is Ernest, Jack decides to change his name, and become Ernest forever. Then Cecily agrees to marry Algernon, but only if his name is Ernest, too, and things become a little difficult for the two young men.

　 王爾德劇中的人物，大致可分為對照的兩類：其間不是道家的正邪之別，而美學的雅俗之分。正人君子、淑女賢媛一類，在道德上當然屬於正方，但在風格上卻未必是雅人。反之，浪子名士，浪女刁娃一類，在道德上不屬正派，但在風格上卻未必是俗客。《理想丈夫》裡齊氏伉儷，皆屬前一類，《不可兒戲》完全超越了道德糾紛，原則上一切角色都不正派，只有配角勞小姐是個小小例外，至於傑克和亞吉能一對浪子，加上關多琳和西西麗一對刁妮，當然都屬於後一類。每逢正主在場，多半言語無味，一到反客開口，妙語警句就如天女散花，飄逸不滯，絕無冷場。王爾德的名言大半是由他們說出來的。