The original comedy of manners involved the efforts of a couple of London wags to woo women at a country house in the presence of prickly guardian Lady Bracknell. Hysell sets the Wilde play in New York City's gay-populated Chelsea district, and in the tony Hamptons, on Long Island. *Īlthough Earnest's imperious Lady Bracknell has been played (in gimmick casting) by male actors in drag (Ellis Rabb, Larry Linville, among others), WALT Co.'s unique concept staging refigures the entire world of the play. For Duplex information or reservations, call (212) 255-5438. 29-30 final weekend performances in New York will play 10 PM Friday and 8 PM Saturday. The show was produced by Hysell's commercial Wild at Last Company (WALT Co.) 3, 1998 (after a month of previews), and was extended to Jan. The All-Male Importance of Being Earnest opened at the Duplex Dec. The script was "frozen" as of the first week of January, he said, and no changes or additions are expected. 28 that he's also pitching the script to publishers. Hysell has copyrighted his version of the public-domain 1895 comedy by Wilde and licensed it for 1999 productions in San Diego, Houston and Toronto. 30, but Hugh Hysell's gay rewrite of the Oscar Wilde classic may be coming to a North American theatre near you. The All-Male Importance of Being Earnest, first seen in the New York International Fringe Festival in summer 1998, closes its three-month run at the Duplex in Greenwich Village Jan.
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