The Importance of Being Earnest review trivialises sublime Wilde
Harold Pinter, LondonIf it stripped away the daft framing, this staging could capture Wilde's deft commentary on class, money, marriage and moralsIf visitors to Paris's Père Lachaise cemetery currently hear a strange noise, it is that of Oscar Wilde's spirit loudly rebelling at the thought that his sublime comedy needs to be "reimagined". Director Lucy Bailey has supplied the play with a framewo…