EUROPEAN SCHOOL TO PRESENT WILDE’S THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Stop-press
The performances on 21st and 22nd November were a fabulous success and total sell-out! What utter tosh when Lady Bracknell voices Wilde's satirical lines:
"Education produces no effect whatsoever!"
The pupil cast was magnificent. And so was everyone else who helped stage the production, particularly the two directors, Holly Boren and Susie Dalton.
Review and pictures to follow.
In 1895 the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde trained his satirical sites on the English aristocracy, with a few sideswipes at French and German culture (as seen by the English) along the way. The result was a sensational – and timeless- comedy of manners.
On Friday, November 21 and Saturday, November 22, students at The European School, Culham will present The Importance of Being Earnest, Wilde’s most popular play. Tickets, priced at £4 for students and £6 for adults, will be available at the school’s reception office from Monday, 10th November. . The performance in the school’s Schuman Hall will begin at 7:30 pm. and is suitable for all secondary students and adults.
The new production is one of the activities marking the school’s 30th anniversary since opening at Culham in September 1978. The European School is one of 14 schools within the European Union to offer the European Baccalaureate, a pre-university secondary qualification where a broad range of subjects is examined in at least two European languages.
Headteacher Simon Sharron observed, “Wilde’s classic comedy seems a particularly appropriate way of marking the school’s anniversary. It is a celebration of the power of language to entertain as well as to dissect cultural identities. Our students have taken enormous pleasure in preparing this production and we hope that parents and students as well as the wider public will come along and enjoy the show.”
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