The Importance of Being Earnest shows a full measure of Oscar Wilde's
legendary wit, and embodies more than any of his other plays, his decency
and warmth. This edition contains substantial excerpts from the original
four-act version which was never produed, as well as the full test of the
final three-act version, selections from Wilde's correspondence, and
commentary by George Bernard Shaw, Max Beerbohm, St. John Hankin, and James
Agate.