Writer Oscar Wilde’s sparkling wit is on full display in this two-play collection from the long-running BBC series “Play of the Month.” In “The Importance of Being Earnest,” two bachelors discover that a little deception goes a long way when it comes to romance. Let the BBC transport you back to the decadent aristocratic drawing rooms of 1890s England. Lovingly restored for DVD, these plays feature a who’s who of great actors of the British stage and screen.
Starring John Woodnutt, Rupert Frazer, Paul McGann.
Included in the BBC Classic Drama Collection as DVD 67, along with The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde (1976) starring Charles Aidman, William Beckley. The Picture of Dorian Gray’s tells the story of a decadent title character whose portrait turns into a fountain of youth.