We are kicking off National Art week with a staged reading of Oscar Wilde's hilarious comedy: The Importance of Being Earnest!

Come watch a group of professional actors and actresses bring this play to life in the Topsfield Library meeting room! All ages are welcome!

"Oscar Wilde's most brilliant tour de force, a witty and bouyant comedy of manners that has delighted millions in countless productions since its first performance in London's St. James' Theatre on February 14, 1895. The Importance of Being Earnest is celebrated not only for the lighthearted ingenuity of its plot, but for the inspired dialogue, rich with scintillating epigrams still savored by all who enjoy artful conversation.

From the play's effervescent beginnings in Algernon Moncrieff's London flat to its hilarious denouement in the drawing room of Jack Worthing's country manor in Hertfordshire, this comic masterpiece keeps audiences breathlessly anticipating a new bon mot or a fresh twist of plot moment to moment."