Jack Worthing, posing as playboy Earnest, is desperate to find his true family origins in order to marry Gwendolen Fairfax, daughter of Lady Bracknel, a gorgon of the highest order. Farcical intrigue follows, as friend Algie, on a hedonistic jaunt, falls for Jack's lovely ward Cecily and Jack's lifelong mystery of being found in a handbag at Victoria Station, unravels in hilarious style. A youthful, eloquent and witty romp set in Victorian England. The Importance of Being Earnest, undoubtedly Wilde's most famous and funniest work, premiered just before the incarceration which ended his career.