Adapted by Aurand Harris from the play by Oscar Wilde. This superb adaptation is ideal for high school one-act play contests, classroom studies, and mini-productions. Cast of 5 men, 4 women.

Costumes of fashionable England, 1895.A masterpiece of high comedy. All of the high lights of the play are retained in this short adaptation -- the plot's unexpected farcical twists, the characters, and the dialogue -- sparkling with provocative observations. Wilde called his play "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People." He commented that the first act is "ingenious," the second act "beautiful," and the third "Abominably clever." Audiences and critics alike applaud the play as a celebration of wit.