Oscar Wilde's most well-known and best-loved play is the story of two young men, two young women and a handbag. Jack and Algernon each lead double-lives to escape the drudgery of high-class society and to pursue romance. Gwendolyn and Cecily each think they are engaged to the same, non-existent man. Despite the domineering Lady Bracknell, confusion, hilarity and Wilde's wit sparkles at every turn. As Wilde himself said of his masterpiece, "we should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things of life with a sincere and studied triviality."
