Oxford Bookworms Playscripts: The Importance of Being Earnest: Level 2: 700-Word Vocabulary

by Oscar Wilde, Susan Kingsley (Retold by)

Overview

Use these fully illustrated classic and contemporary plays for reading practice or performance.

Each script offers performance notes, character lists, exercises, and glossaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780194235181
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/15/2008
Series:	Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 2
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	12 Years

About the Author

The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet who delighted Victorian England with his legendary wit. He found critical and popular success with his scintillating plays, chiefly The Importance of Being Earnest, while his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, scandalized readers. Imprisoned for two years for homosexual behavior, Wilde moved to France after his release, where he died destitute.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874