Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

THEATER
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2020
6:30 PM

Bedlam Theater "Do More" Virtual Benefit Reading
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Free (registration required for Zoom) (donation requested)
https://bedlam.org/benefit-reading/

Bedlam does these Zoomed readings right. That's almost certainly because the stripped-down, unadorned style of presentation the company employs in live performance lends itself to remote performances from the actors' separate apartments, viewed on each audience member's monitor in their own apartments. As for tonight's play, is there a better comic play (meaning, that Your Compiler likes more) in the entire corpus of English (OK, Anglo-Irish) theatrical literature than The Importance of Being Earnest? No, there is not.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Oscar's Folly: pour 2 oz. Irish Whiskey and 1/4 oz. each of Absinthe, Maraschino liqueur, and Forthave Red (you can also use Leopold Brothers Aperitivo or even Campari) into an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Stir. Strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe. Now the hard part (really not that hard): slowly pour in 1 teaspoon of green Crème de Menthe over the back of a spoon; it will sink to form a layer at the bottom of the drink (you will not believe how cool this looks). Garnish with a lime twist.