In one work, to perform the lead in this play, a character describes a costume of a “beribboned (“bih-RIB-und”) boater, gaily striped blazer, parti-colored shoes, trousers of your own choice” to entice Henry Carr. In this play, a character is told that although losing one parent “may be regarded as a misfortune, losing both looks like carelessness.” After a different character in this play tells his friend not to eat cucumber sandwiches “ordered specially” for his aunt, he eats one himself. A character in this play invents an invalid (“IN-va-lid”) friend so he can avoid obligations by “Bunburying” in the country. For 10 points, name this play in which Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff both attempt to be christened under the titular name, written by Oscar Wilde. ■END■
ANSWER: The Importance of Being Earnest (The first clue is about Travesties by Tom Stoppard.)
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