The Importance of Being Earnest at Farmstead Arts Center

The Lord Stirling Theater Company will perform The Importance of Being Earnest in the English Barn Theater at the Farmstead Arts Center, 450 King George Road, Basking Ridge, NJ. The Importance of Being Earnest will open on Friday, May 31, at 7:30PM, with additional performances on June 1 at 7:30PM, June 2 at 4:00PM, June 7 and 8 at 7:30PM, and June 9 at 4:00PM. Tickets are $20 general admission, or $15 for seniors (65 and over), Farmstead Arts members, and students. Tickets may be purchased online at http://farmsteadarts.eventbrite.com or at the door (cash only).Oscar Wildes most popular and well-known play, The Importance of Being Earnest is a delightfully witty comedy mocking Victorian traditions and social customs, where manners and appearance are everything and style is more important than substance. First performed in 1895 at St. Jamess Theater in London, this trivial comedy for serious people continues to entertain audiences over a century later with its brilliant wordplay and hilariously absurd plot in which two young aristocratic gentlemen use fictional identities to escape tiresome social obligations and pursue their romantic desires.