#algernon moncrieff

[ncutii-gatwa]

#i understand him deeply The Importance of Being Earnest (2025) dir. Max Webster

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As someone said before, we really love dressing this Ken doll up 💖

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

is this anything

[skippiefritz]

smug bitches who would marry a woman JUST to spite someone

[ninadove]

CECILY: I don’t think you will require neckties. Uncle Jack is sending you to Australia. ALGERNON: Australia! I’d sooner die. CECILY: Well, he said at dinner on Wednesday night, that you would have to choose between this world, the next world, and Australia. ALGERNON: Oh, well! The accounts I have received of Australia and the next world, are not particularly encouraging. This world is good enough for me, cousin Cecily. CECILY: Yes, but are you good enough for it? ALGERNON: I’m afraid I’m not that. That is why I want you to reform me. You might make that your mission, if you don’t mind, cousin Cecily. CECILY: I’m afraid I’ve no time, this afternoon. ALGERNON: Well, would you mind my reforming myself this afternoon? CECILY: It is rather Quixotic of you. But I think you should try. ALGERNON: I will. I feel better already.

This is the epitome of romance to me… What do you mean you only met this girl because you borrowed your brother’s mask? What do you mean you had ulterior motives, but upon seeing her fell head over heels for her instantly?? What do you mean you’re going to reform yourself for her in one afternoon???

BUT IT GETS BETTER:

ALGERNON: Oh, I don’t care about Jack. I don’t care for anybody in the whole world but you. I love you, Cecily. You will marry me, won’t you? CECILY: You silly boy! Of course. Why, we have been engaged for the last three months. ALGERNON: For the last three months? CECILY: Yes, it will be exactly three months on Thursday. ALGERNON: But how did we become engaged? CECILY: Well, ever since dear Uncle Jack first confessed to us that he had a younger brother who was very wicked and bad, you of course have formed the chief topic of conversation between myself and Miss Prism. And of course a man who is much talked about is always very attractive. One feels there must be something in him, after all. I daresay it was foolish of me, but I fell in love with you, Ernest. ALGERNON: Darling! And when was the engagement actually settled? CECILY: On the 14th of February last. Worn out by your entire ignorance of my existence, I determined to end the matter one way or the other, and after a long struggle with myself I accepted you under this dear old tree here. The next day I bought this little ring in your name, and this is the little bangle with the true lover’s knot I promised you always to wear. ALGERNON: Did I give you this? It’s very pretty, isn’t it? CECILY: Yes, you’ve wonderfully good taste, Ernest. It’s the excuse I’ve always given for your leading such a bad life. And this is the box in which I keep all your dear letters. ALGERNON: My letters! But, my own sweet Cecily, I have never written you any letters. CECILY: You need hardly remind me of that, Ernest. I remember only too well that I was forced to write your letters for you. I wrote always three times a week, and sometimes oftener. ALGERNON: Oh, do let me read them, Cecily?

What do you mean she crafted this perfect unattainable passionate romance character that no one can ever live up to???? What do you mean you immediately said “Bet, I'll start studying right away”?????

[gameo-archive]

Please could you do a scene/extract from Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest'?

The third of three videos from a kind user who wishes to remain anonymous.

[yonderghostshistories]

made this cuz, just in the midst of my current excitement of seeing “The Importance of Being Earnest” (starring Ncuti Gatwa as Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff) for the first time in a few weeks time, I found out (online by accident lol) that Paul McGann was in a 1989 BBC television production of TIoBE!!

(Paul McGann played Jack Worthing in said 1989 BBC tv production of TIoBE btw) 

Still pretty cool to learn tho ngl!!!

Btw uhh here’s a link to the 1989 BBC tv production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” starring Paul McGann as Jack Worthing

[susiephone]

just saw the proshot of The Importance of Being Earnest with Ncuti Gatwa and it was literally perfect. i can't remember the last time i laughed that hard

[velvet4510]

Shoutout to The Importance of Being Earnest for being a feminist play a CENTURY before feminism was officially a thing.

Think about it: the women hold all the cards and all the power in that play, and the men are just running around trying to please them. Jack needs to find a way to get Gwendolen’s MOTHER’s approval of their union; her father doesn’t even show up. Algernon submits wholeheartedly to spending the rest of his life fulfilling Cecily’s fantasy and being the dream man she’s imagined in her head for years. The two protagonists are literally willing to CHANGE THEIR NAMES so they’ll have the name their girlfriends want them to have. And ultimately it’s Miss Prism - the unmarried older woman - who holds the answer to the entire play’s greatest mystery.

Yes, it’s a comedy, but still, those guys let their ladies wear the pants in their relationships and it is GLORIOUS to see in a play written in the 1890s. Praise Oscar Wilde.

[anythingcanhappeninmay]

algy appreciation post

[burnt-cheese-toastie]

The importance of being earnest

A trivial comedy for serious people

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THE Man

[wynstra]

rp starter for @ncuti-muses! (for algernon)

Cecelia leaned back against the settee, lazily swirling her tea as she watched Algernon from beneath her lashes. The evening had been drawn out with pleasantries, but now that they were alone, the real game could begin.

"You know," she mused, setting her cup down with a deliberate clink, "for a man with such renowned charm, I expected a bit more substance." She tilted her head, a smirk ghosting her lips. "Tell me, Algernon, do you ever tire of your own voice?"

[donnalawliet]

Just had this meme from my “The importance of being earnest“ play lying around. Enjoy!

[gavotte-paradisio]

"Heacanons for my [primary synpaths] that are just me projecting:

Janus has to take antihistamines so that the boundaries between his scales and skin don't itch. It usually doesn't work anyways. Roman is lactose intolerant (that's canon) and high-key doesn't care, with the exception that he won't drink dairy milk Logan is a low-key linguistics buff Aaron Burr has social anxiety. He hates parties and gets panicky before important meetings Jaskier will hold on to a bit of conversation that he wanted to get in but didn't have the chance to even if the rest of the group has long since changed the topic Algernon Moncrieff really has no interest in his extended family but doesn't particularly mind their company when they do visit"

May 9, 2021