The Importance of Being Earnest and Other PlaysA selection of Oscar Wilde's best and most important plays sharp, relevant and brilliant to this day A selection of Oscar Wilde's best and most important plays sharp, relevant and brilliant to this day. Who would have thought a comedy of manners written more than a hundred years ago would still be so apt and so funny? Oscar Wilde was a genius of play writing, and his deftness, wit and sharp eye for social satire keep audiences in thrall to this day.