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Earnest's Characters: Cecily Cardew | Historical dresses, Movie costumes, 1890s fashion

Cecily does not care much to be educated by Ms. Prism. Schmidt mentions that this is Wilde's way of demonstrating the "ineffectiveness of the education for the privileged." Like Gwendolen, she too becomes enamored with the name Ernest and has her own ideas- though not accurate- about relationships. She documents these absurd thoughts in her journal.

The Origin of the Word: Bunbury

The origin of the word: It's from Oscar Wilde's play "The Importance of Being Earnest" where the character Algernon invents an imaginary person named Bunbury as an alibi to escape from relatives. He explains to his friend, "I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose. Bunbury is perfectly invaluable."

Importance of being Earnest Book Cover by Oscar Wilde

We went to see the Importance of being Earnest at the Harold Pinter Theatre yesterday and we were enthralled. The distinguished cast provided a humorous well acted production. The great thing is that they all seemed to be enjoying the occasion as much as the audience. Always a good sign!! Sian Phillips at the age of 81 was as vital as ever as Lady Bracknell; Martin Jarvis as John Worthing was convincing as his much younger character! ....and Cherie Lunghi was as vivacious as ever. All the…

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