A HANDBAG?!
Thanks to brighton_girl and withdiamonds for the V-Day gifts! And also to mickeym who sent love hearts last week. &hearts! I do not celebrate V-Day (for obvious material, physical, metaphysical and philosophical reasons), but today I had a date with secondary reading at the library, and then proclaimed it Ben & Jerry's day after I got myself a scoop of Cookie Dough (mmmmmm...). But most of all! It is The Importance of Being Earnest Day!
On the 14th of February 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest premiered at the St. James theatre in London. It was also on this night that the Marquess of Queensberry (the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas) had planned on pelting Oscar Wilde with rotten vegetables. Luckily Wilde was tipped off, Queensberry was stopped by the police, and had to satisfy himself with leaving behind a basket full of rotten veg. (Why yes, I HAVE BEEN READING A LOT ABOUT WILDE.) So a happy 114th anniversary to Earnest, wherever he may be! Personally I think he's enjoying a bit of a holiday in Shropshire along with Bunbury.
CECILY Uncle Jack would be very much annoyed if he knew you were staying on till next week, at the same hour.
ALGERNON Oh, I don't care about Jack. I don't care for anybody in the whole world but you. I love you, Cecily. You will marry me, won't you?
CECILY You silly boy! Of course. Why, we have been engaged for the last three months.
ALGERNON For the last three months?
CECILY Yes, it will be exactly three months on Thursday.
ALGERNON But how did we become engaged?
CECILY Well, ever since dear Uncle Jack first confessed to us that he had a younger brother who was very wicked and bad, you of course have formed the chief topic of conversation between myself and Miss Prism. And of course a man who is much talked about is always very attractive. One feels there must be something in him, after all. I daresay it was foolish of me, but I fell in love with you, Ernest.
ALGERNON Darling! And when was the engagement actually settled?
CECILY On the 14th of February last. Worn out by your entire ignorance of my existence, I determined to end the matter one way or the other, and after a long struggle with myself I accepted you under this dear old tree here. The next day I bought this little ring in your name, and this is the little bangle with the true lover's knot I promised you always to
wear.
I did this play for my A Levels and fell in love with it. And now I'm stuck trying to write a dissertation on Wilde in about a week. Oh brain, how I hate you sometimes. But! One of the theatres is putting on an all male version of Earnest, and I have tickets to watch with faeryariella. I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, YOU HAVE NO IDEA. /manic
On the 14th of February 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest premiered at the St. James theatre in London. It was also on this night that the Marquess of Queensberry (the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas) had planned on pelting Oscar Wilde with rotten vegetables. Luckily Wilde was tipped off, Queensberry was stopped by the police, and had to satisfy himself with leaving behind a basket full of rotten veg. (Why yes, I HAVE BEEN READING A LOT ABOUT WILDE.) So a happy 114th anniversary to Earnest, wherever he may be! Personally I think he's enjoying a bit of a holiday in Shropshire along with Bunbury.
CECILY Uncle Jack would be very much annoyed if he knew you were staying on till next week, at the same hour.
ALGERNON Oh, I don't care about Jack. I don't care for anybody in the whole world but you. I love you, Cecily. You will marry me, won't you?
CECILY You silly boy! Of course. Why, we have been engaged for the last three months.
ALGERNON For the last three months?
CECILY Yes, it will be exactly three months on Thursday.
ALGERNON But how did we become engaged?
CECILY Well, ever since dear Uncle Jack first confessed to us that he had a younger brother who was very wicked and bad, you of course have formed the chief topic of conversation between myself and Miss Prism. And of course a man who is much talked about is always very attractive. One feels there must be something in him, after all. I daresay it was foolish of me, but I fell in love with you, Ernest.
ALGERNON Darling! And when was the engagement actually settled?
CECILY On the 14th of February last. Worn out by your entire ignorance of my existence, I determined to end the matter one way or the other, and after a long struggle with myself I accepted you under this dear old tree here. The next day I bought this little ring in your name, and this is the little bangle with the true lover's knot I promised you always to
wear.
I did this play for my A Levels and fell in love with it. And now I'm stuck trying to write a dissertation on Wilde in about a week. Oh brain, how I hate you sometimes. But! One of the theatres is putting on an all male version of Earnest, and I have tickets to watch with faeryariella. I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, YOU HAVE NO IDEA. /manic