The Importance of Being Earnest review " Wilde's comic masterpiece lost in shouty frenzy
Vaudeville theatre, LondonMichael Fentiman's coarse production robs Wilde of his decorum, swapping subtleties and satire for screaming and sexThis is one of those occasions when, in the words of Oscar Wilde's Gwendolen, it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind: it becomes a pleasure. While many members of the first-night audience were in hysterics, I found Michael Fentiman's production of this comic mast…