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1) The Importance of Being Earnest

Author

Wilde, Oscar

Language

English

Formats

Audiobook CD, eAudiobook

Description

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Jack Worthington is an upstanding gentleman in Victorian society. He just has one secret-he tells everyone that he has a brother named Earnest, when, in reality, Earnest is his alter ego. This allows him a certain duality; he can go out and party as Earnest, but have a sterling reputation as Jack. However, he must merge the two when Jack discovers that his lover, Gwendolyn, will only marry a man named Earnest. Meanwhile, Algernon, a family friend,...

2) Cavalcade of comedy: 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward

Author

Kronenberger, Louis

Pub. Date

1953

Physical Desc

xv, 715 pages ; 26 cm

Language

English

3) Tales of William Shakespeare: the comedies

Series

Cover-to-cover timeless classics
Cover-to-cover books

Pub. Date

2001

Lexile measure

570L

Physical Desc

83 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Language

English

4) The Cambridge introduction to Shakespeare's comedies

Author

Gay, Penny

Series

Cambridge introductions to literature

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

ix, 153 pages ; 23 cm.

Language

English

5) The social mode of Restoration comedy

Author

Lynch, Kathleen M

Pub. Date

1965

Physical Desc

242 pages 24 cm

Language

English

6) Comic persuasion: moral structure in British comedy from Shakespeare to Stoppard

Author

Rayner, Alice

Pub. Date

1987

Physical Desc

ix, 169 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

English

7) The comic in Renaissance comedy

Author

Farley-Hills, David

Pub. Date

1981

Physical Desc

x, 189 pages ; 23 cm

Language

English

8) Twelfth night

Series

BBC TV Shakespeare
Works

Pub. Date

2000

Physical Desc

1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

Description

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Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated after a shipwreck and believe each other dead. Viola disguises herself as a page boy, Cesario, to work for Duke Orsino and falls in love with him, but he loves Olivia, who falls in love with Cesario. Seeing Sebastian one day, she mistakes him for Cesario and marries him. The confusion is cleared up when Viola and Sebastian meet again, and the Duke marries Viola. The subplot concerns the efforts of Sir Toby and...