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And so I've seen it. Due to demands of friendship, I was obliged to watch a play in school, which was an adaptation of a stage play by Oscar Wilde. Besides, it was free, so why not?
In any case, I'd have to say that there was nothing spectacular or extraordinary about it. The plot was quite predictable, and, needless to say, it reminds you of the thousand and one telenovelas that you have seen -- those that have such radical twists where the hero ends up to be a relative of the villain, who is a relative of the heroine, who also happens to be a relative of the hero, and a first cousin at that! Here though, strangely enough, it differs from the telenovela endings. Rather than ending up being bitter for the rest of their lives --unless their relation was to be proven false by yet another more radical twist-- the hero and the heroine end up together, inspite of being first cousins! Now how EARNEST can you get??
I am not at all challenging the artistic license of Oscar Wilde, for i have not read the original script nor have I seen it staged. But the detail about first cousins ending up marrying each other strikes me as the most unearnest thing in the play that purports to give importance to what is earnest (not to mention the rather amorous attitude of the chaplain, named Dr. Chausuble, if I got it right). Perhaps it would be good for those who have watched to examine a little the background of Oscar Wilde --assuming that the Kultura play is faithful to the original script, if not, well, that's a different story. Think about it.
At any rate, I was amused by the humour of the play. It is safe to say, perhaps, that it was not really a bad play, but it still could be improved. I think I'll stop here. I hope I have succeeded in giving the play an earnest assessment.
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