In 2008 City Theatre Dublin ran productions of a play by who?
The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personæ to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humour, though some were cautious about its explicit lack of social messages, while others foresaw the modern consensus that it was the culmination of Wilde's artistic career so far. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make "The Importance of Being Earnest" Wilde's most enduringly popular play.
Tobias Beer Tobias Beer (born 1976) is an English actor. Born in Cambridge, he studied at Oxford University and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art . He has worked predominantly in the theatre, and his credits include: "Great Expectations", "Merry Wives of Windsor" (with Judi Dench, Simon Callow and Alistair McGowan), "Twelfth Night" and "The Comedy of Errors" (all for the Royal Shakespeare Company); "The Changeling" for Cheek by Jowl, directed by Declan Donnellan; "Cymbeline", "Twelfth Night", "Macbeth" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park In 2015 he will return to the RSC in Death of a Salesman.