The Importance Of Being Earnest (Wendy Hiller) part 11 of 11

[lsdmadman]

our osky's a genius and this was a great performance,,,thanky

[xrikimarux]

wait, aren't they cousin? cousin cant marry each other? can they?

[itissomeoneelse]

@xrikimarux they could then. the sister of Chief Justice John Marshall married her first cousin, it was a way to keep wealth in the family

[megaripcord]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAH Wild's dumbest play is my favorite. I hope that is not a sign of my intellect.

[wierdmr]

lol, I love it how after people watch things like this their comments seem a little more intelligent. XD

[nealezumm]

How absolutely silly! Amusing, of course, if utterly trivial. I suspect that if Mr. Wilde were alive today he would probably write sitcoms or such shallow, unchallenging tripe. If the play didn't contain some of those delightfully paradoxical aphorisms, one would hardly recognize the author of Dorian Gray in this run-of-the-mill vaudeville, would one?

[MCARRMUSIC343]

Well this play was an annoying story about aristocrats just contradicting each other over and over again. Its comedy is dry and dated irritating and a poor representation of Victorian aristocracy.

[bh5496]

@MCARRMUSIC343 its a so called "poor representation of Victorian aristocracy" because it is a comedy and therefor MEANT to MAKE FUN of the aristocracy.

[MCARRMUSIC343]

@bh5496 Well it didn't do a very good job. Oscar Wilde is just a household name. Like Shakespeare, the stories are drawn out, they lack some sense and they have no point or moral. Pointless money making stories. Now writers such as A.E. Housman, Hawthorne, Melville, etc those were writers that could put a good ass story together and make you think.

[FuzzyWhisper]

@MCARRMUSIC343 What pretentious nonsense. If you don't like the play, you don't have to watch it. Leave it for those with taste.

[MCARRMUSIC343]

@FuzzyWhisper Actually i did have to watch it for a class. I did not like it. And please, if you want to try to embarrass me with your hypocritical comments, please spare me. I'm allowed to write my opinion wherever I choose.

[FuzzyWhisper]

@MCARRMUSIC343 I meant my reply to reflect the stridency of your tactless attack on a very fine satire. It's fine to dislike things that others enjoy, and of course you're free to express your opinions as you like, but the next time you have an unfavorable reaction to a culturally significant work, consider that you may have misunderstood it, and that its enduring popularity might not be an accident.

[MCARRMUSIC343]

@FuzzyWhisper Trust me I had to study this play thoroughly for days. I found it to be unentertaining is all I'm saying. The dialog was written to make fun of the aristocracy I get that but I found it dragged out and boring. The story itself isn't very well done and Oscar Wilde has done much better work such as The Picture of Dorian Grey. And don't be so self absorbed by saying "Leave it for those with taste." I get that you want to make me sound ignorant but insulting me won't raise your ego.

[Nanavette]

Thank you for posting this.

Question: Is this suppose to be a comedy? Because I laughed so much.

[OtoLivingston]

Excellent!!

[Kelvinian]

Does anyone else have a sudden urge to go Bunburying?

[ABCDEFGHIJKLMN01231]

"What ghastly names they have!"

[Persadish]

so....... no one has a problem that Earnest is Algyes brother, and hence GWENDALINES COUSIN?!?!?!?

[GopherSchool]

@Persadish Of course not, you silly boy. I always say that if marriage can at all stay within the family, it should.

[megehello]

This is great play, one of my favourites, thank you so very much for posting it all. I have read the play so many times I can almost speck it word for word. It is great how this play reflects the book almost entirely, most plays don't.

[KoreanGlassBell]

I had to read this for english class and i felt dreadful for having to read simply "another play" but watching this play on youtube like this and reading along here and there was great ! I loved this play ! ^^

[nteli2201]

@KoreanGlassBell i just did the same thing

[magicimagine]

The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. Hilarious!

[Nerdzz100]

OMG! ISOoooOOoo hated this play AND NOW THAT I SAWW IT ALL I LIKE IT SOOO FUNNI! AM HERE WITH A HUGE SMILE THAT IT WAS ALL SOOO PLANED OUT!!

[GMasis001]

What a great play. I just read the book and wanted to review it for my Final Paper, but I did not have to because of the play. I got a whole new understanding of it through the play. It was very comical. Lol. And what is best is that the play followed the book perfectly.

[pogoman12345678910]

i hate this play. the only reason i watched it is because i had to for school

[pissedoffgamer]

@pogoman12345678910 what do you hate about it? I personally think it's way to trivial for me to understand.

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

I cannot help but to love the stern Lady Dragon; and the playful fooling of Monsieur Wilde, who makes fun out of all serious things and takes unimportant affairs totally serious.

[clusterbeam]

Super! A work of great geniality. Thank you for posting!

[roxyepoxy1988]

i read along as i watched, it was brilliant!! thank you kindly for posting the whole thing!! (and i love that you included the clip from Wilde)

[chupacabrana]

@roxyepoxy1988 I did the same haha

[marubio09]

no need to read the play now XD

[sugarbabies3]

@SagaciousSilence  haha yes we are! i hope you do well on your paper. i had a test on it and did well so it proved to be quite helpful (:

[sugarbabies3]

i this this!! it was word for word from the book so it really helped me read and listen to this at the same time. i finished in about an hour and a half and was laughing the whole time.thanks for this! great videos :)

[SagaciousSilence]

@sugarbabies3 I have a paper to write on this play and I am very happy to have found it online as well! You and I are very lucky!

[DancinDarlin]

"I knew I had some particular reason for disliking the name."

[DancinDarlin]

"I knew I had some particular reason for disliking the name." HAHAHA. thanks for uploading!!

[mh7mjs]

lady bracknell, i hate to seem inquisitive, but would you kindly inform me who i am?

[ubersuperbatman]

what an awesome play! BRAVO!

[guywithdsl]

jack's got one ugly brother...

[ornleifs]

Thanks for posting this Brilliant play, and this is one of the best version of it I have ever seen.

[wildbluefaerie]

yes, it was considered perfectly fine in those days to marry your cousin.... in fact, in many cases, it was encouraged.

[goodluckpeace44]

yes because they didnt want their wealth to be on others hand.

[tsirahxuan]

BRAVO!

BRAVO!

(giving a standing ovation)

[jantina25]

was it ok in those days to marry your cousin? that seems a little inbread

[snowangelnc]

Seems strange now, but looking at some of the books from the time, it apparently was considered normal then - Henry and Gretchen in Journey to the Center of the Earth, Ashely and Melanie in Gone With The Wind, Mr. Collins and Elizabeth, and Mr. Darcy and Anne (potentially) in Pride and Prejudice, Benjamin and Flopsy Bunny in the Beatrix Potter stories....all cousin couples.

[coasthaole]

Thanks for this. I taped the original on Beta and haven't been able to watch it for years after my BetaMax broke down. It's interesting to see Hiller in this role and compare it with her Eliza Doolittle in the 1938 Pygmalian with Leslie Howard.

[xfmaverickd]

Algernon is very cute :)) Excellent play! Definitely one of Wilde's best!

[gagootzman]

Thank God i didn't have to read this play afterall, thanyou so much! :)

[baambam2123]

thanks a million.. i dont have to read the play now...!!!! thank you!!!!

[JESWIL51]

Yes, its called inbreeding - just look at Prince Charles.

[tfunirawr]

That's pretty gross that they're related and still want to get married.....

[maribyla1]

...and you don't have to read the play after all :)

[speakingtruly]

And I'd also like to thank you for the additional information about Wilde and the play you took the trouble to type for the viewers.

[speakingtruly]

It's the first time I've seen it played. It's my favorite play by Wilde, the one I've read over and over and still don't get bored by. Thank you very much for uploading this. Very much appreciated.

[noahtavlin]

wait so doesn't that mean that ernest and gwendolyn are related?

[jmrwacko]

Nevermind, I found the movie that the clip was from.

[jmrwacko]

I'm guessing the end is a dramatization of Oscar Wilde's address at the end of the play's original rendering in... 1895, was it not? Anyway, I'd like to see more of whatever that excerpt was from. Was it from a historical drama or some sort of TV special, or just a little dramatization that PBS stuck to the end of Wendy Hiller's version?

[celticknotbrain]

quite funny, i want to memorize a veriet of line for daily use.

[webcomix]

I love this play. Absolutely hee-larious.

[dfarmbrough]

Very well edited!

[Rhapsody9278]

Thanks for posting this. I have not seen this version before. It is just a thing I do, when I see a play I like to see how it follows the script so I read along with this and is was almost word for word. Thanks I hope they put ot on DVD or something I would love to add it to my collection.

[uscgjesse]

Thanks for posting this I have a test on it tommrow ha

[JustCallMeCade]

Thanks for posting this :)

[BlueAsianDragon]

uugggghhhhhhh!!!!!!! i hate Oscar Wilde, so i can't like this play only because of him!!!!!!!!

[stodoraddy]

I've always loved this play.

[oshidonimlop]

Thanks for posting.

(I have finished my summer reading.)

[MathiasEngman]

Wonderful! Thank you very much for uploading.

[oldernwiser0]

i thoroughly enjoyed it too .. who wouldn't ! thanks a million for posting !

[tarnopol]

Absolutely perfect irony. Thank god for Oscar Wilde.

[fallofftree]

Thank you, good person, for uploading this.

[OnlyBallet]

Thank you so much for posting this movie! I enjoyed it tremendously...