It is easy to forget that when Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest was first written and performed in February 1895, Ibsen's A Doll's House was already 16 years old. Both plays, in different ways, expose the foundations of society (marriage; class; money; property) to searching critique. Ibsen's proto-modernism looks forward to a new century […] The full version of the article Sydney Theatre Company's …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 07:34AM on September 28, 2023