Oscar Wilde was a playwright.
Oscar Wilde . After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s , he became one of London 's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s . He wrote Salome ( 1891 ) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence for England due to the absolute prohibition of Biblical subjects on the English stage . Unperturbed , Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s , which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London . Salome ( French : Salomé , [ salome ] ) is a tragedy by Oscar Wilde . The Importance of Being Earnest , A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde .