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Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, once described as the second most quoted English-language play after Hamlet, premiered in London.
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Irish poet and playwright (1854–1900)
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. Regarded by most commentators as the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Farcical comedy play by Oscar Wilde
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