THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING E[A]RNEST HEMINGWAY
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING E[A]RNEST HEMINGWAY
original play-text by Oscar Wilde
with exceprts from the writing of Ernest Hemingway
adapted and directed by James Rutherford
Presented by M-34
May 2-4, 2008
May 2 & 3 at 8p
May 4 at 3p & 8p
Tickets: $8
chashama 217
217 East 42nd Street
New York, NY
Featuring the efforts of :
Chris Bremner, Alex Clifford, Ross Cowan, Andrew Fox, Will Fulton, Charlotte Graham, Jonathan Harris, Todd Lipcon, Alexandra Lubensky, Aja Nisenson, Michelle Oing, Elliot Quick, Anika Schwarzwald.
About the Play
"The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway" is, of course, a truly dreadful pun. But, like so many of its kind, its idiocy belies its true merit. The premise: what would happen to Oscar Wilde's beloved comedy of manners if all of his dandies (mere shadows of the elaborate character Wilde constructed for his personal use) were replaced by archetypal Hemingway-males (again: imperfect recreations of a perfect mask)? The surprising result is a treatise on sexual repression and self-deception. Behind all of Wilde's wry jokes lie anguished screams just waiting to be released. It's been over a century: let's let them out.
original play-text by Oscar Wilde
with exceprts from the writing of Ernest Hemingway
adapted and directed by James Rutherford
Presented by M-34
May 2-4, 2008
May 2 & 3 at 8p
May 4 at 3p & 8p
Tickets: $8
chashama 217
217 East 42nd Street
New York, NY
Featuring the efforts of :
Chris Bremner, Alex Clifford, Ross Cowan, Andrew Fox, Will Fulton, Charlotte Graham, Jonathan Harris, Todd Lipcon, Alexandra Lubensky, Aja Nisenson, Michelle Oing, Elliot Quick, Anika Schwarzwald.
About the Play
"The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway" is, of course, a truly dreadful pun. But, like so many of its kind, its idiocy belies its true merit. The premise: what would happen to Oscar Wilde's beloved comedy of manners if all of his dandies (mere shadows of the elaborate character Wilde constructed for his personal use) were replaced by archetypal Hemingway-males (again: imperfect recreations of a perfect mask)? The surprising result is a treatise on sexual repression and self-deception. Behind all of Wilde's wry jokes lie anguished screams just waiting to be released. It's been over a century: let's let them out.
