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The definitive four-act version of The importance of being earnest : a trivial comedy for serious people
- Title
- The definitive four-act version of The importance of being earnest : a trivial comedy for serious people / by Oscar Wilde ; edited & with an introduction by Ruth Berggren.
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
- Publication
- New York : Vanguard Press, c1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | Arents Ref. 97-237 | Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 87-1211 | Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Berggren, Ruth.
- Description
- 192 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Importance of being earnest
- Alternative Title
- Importance of being earnest
- Definitive four act version of The importance of being earnest
- Lady Lancing : a serious comedy for trivial people
- Subject
- Note
- Text of the play (p. [59]-192) transcribed from the 31 October 1894 typescript, now part of the Burnside-Frohman Collection in the the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, the New York Public Library, Lincoln Center.
- "Illustrations" (p. [46]-57) include facsims. of 4 p. from the portions of earlier holograph and typescript drafts of this version of the play now in the Arents Collection (cf. Arents S 1534, no. 1-2). Other ill. from materials in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection.
- Based on the editor's thesis (Ph.D.--University of Massachusetts, 1984) issued under title Oscar Wilde's The importance of being earnest : a critical edition of the four-act version. Cf. Arents S 1534, no. 7.
- Episode of Jack's cigarette case: p. 70-73.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 45.
- Call Number
- JFF 87-1211
- ISBN
- 0814909302
- LCCN
- 86013241 //r96
- OCLC
- 13796040
- NYPG87-B80565
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
- Title
- The definitive four-act version of The importance of being earnest : a trivial comedy for serious people / by Oscar Wilde ; edited & with an introduction by Ruth Berggren.
- Imprint
- New York : Vanguard Press, c1987.
- Bibliography
- Bibliography: p. 45.
- Added Author
- Berggren, Ruth.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 87-1211Arents Ref. 97-237