上星期，在台北國家劇院演出了四場的"不可兒戲“
The importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
The importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
由楊世澎導演，余光中文字翻譯，
主演者為盧燕，楊謹華，黃士偉、段旭明 ，姚坤君，楊千霈。
男演員口齒清晰，創作表演俱佳！老牌演員盧燕更是受觀眾喜愛。
星期六下午，總統夫人周美青女士也到了現場觀賞。
I personally love the Comedy very much, almost a satire I would say, because it has humorously and vividly revealed the injustified value in the high society of England during that period of time. And the dialog was absolutely funny, remarkable and witty. What is Love? What is Marriage? What is the true value of your own identify?
Here are some reviews of this play:
In contrast to much theatre of the time, The Importance of Being Earnest's light plot does not tackle serious social and political issues, something of which contemporary reviewers were wary. Though unsure of Wilde's seriousness as a dramatist, they recognised the play's cleverness, humour and popularity with audiences.[29] George Bernard Shaw, for example, reviewed the play in the Saturday Review, arguing that comedy should touch as well as amuse, "I go to the theatre to be moved to laughter."[30] Later in a letter he said, the play, though "extremely funny" was Wilde's "first really heartless [one]".[31] In The World, William Archer wrote that he had enjoyed watching the play but found it to be empty of meaning, "What can a poor critic do with a play which raises no principle, whether of art or morals, creates its own canons and conventions, and is nothing but an absolutely wilful expression of an irrepressibly witty personality?"[32]
In contrast to much theatre of the time, The Importance of Being Earnest's light plot does not tackle serious social and political issues, something of which contemporary reviewers were wary. Though unsure of Wilde's seriousness as a dramatist, they recognised the play's cleverness, humour and popularity with audiences.[29] George Bernard Shaw, for example, reviewed the play in the Saturday Review, arguing that comedy should touch as well as amuse, "I go to the theatre to be moved to laughter."[30] Later in a letter he said, the play, though "extremely funny" was Wilde's "first really heartless [one]".[31] In The World, William Archer wrote that he had enjoyed watching the play but found it to be empty of meaning, "What can a poor critic do with a play which raises no principle, whether of art or morals, creates its own canons and conventions, and is nothing but an absolutely wilful expression of an irrepressibly witty personality?"[32]
In The Speaker, A.B. Walkey admired the play and was one of few see it as the culmination of Wilde's dramatical career. He denied the term "farce" was derogatory, or even lacking in seriousness, and said "It is of nonsense all compact, and better nonsense, I think, our stage has not seen."[33] H.G. Wells, in an unsigned review for the Pall Mall Gazette, called Earnest one of the freshest comedies of the year, saying "More humorous dealing with theatrical conventions it would be difficult to imagine."[34] He also questioned whether people would fully see its message, "..how Serious People will take this Trivial Comedy intended for their learning remains to be seen. No doubt seriously."[34] The play was so light-hearted that many reviewers compared it to comic opera rather than drama. W.H.Auden called it "a pure verbal opera", while The Times wrote that "The story is almost too preposterous to go without music."[14]
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