The overall production of The Importance of Being Earnest was very interesting. The beginning moved rather slowly, but the play progressed as it went on. There were a few mistakes from the performers that I noticed, but they did an excellent job of covering them up and continuing on.
The play was about two guys named Algernon and Jack. They meet two girls, which they decide they want to marry. The only reason these girls want to marry them is because they told their girlfriends their names were both Earnest. They don’t want to marry any guy with just an ordinary name. In the end the two girls talk and ask the guys which one was going to be the wife of Earnest. The men finally confess. The lady’s are mad in the beginning but they get over it, and they live happily ever after.
I thought that Algernon did a very goo
d job with his part. The character that he plays was very funny. I don’t know if that was his real accent or not but he did a very good job acting like he had one. The only two characters that I really did not like were Reverend Chasuble and Miss Prism. I thought they overacted too much. I think that they were supposed to be overacting though, to add some humor into the play.
They play took place in three different places, Algernon home, the garden and the library. The all were very nice. My favorite set was the garden I thought it was very beautiful. I liked how the lighting made it look like they were really outside with the way they used the shade. I also liked how they had birds chirping in the background to add reality of them being outside.
The production was all right. The performers did a good jobs with there parts but I didn’t think that