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The Importance of Being Ernestine

Presented by Castle Hill Productions and The Trustees of Reservations : The Crane Estate at The Crane Estate, Ipswich MA

Mar 07 - 17 2024
The Importance of Being Ernestine

A fresh twist on Oscar Wilde’s comic masterpiece, set in the 1920s. This time it’s the women’s turn to lead double lives… and pay the price!

Oscar Wilde wrote this play as a contemporary satire on Victorian society. Over a hundred years later it still hits home, exposing the hypocrisy and absurdities of high society. In this gender-swapped production, the skewering continues in the 1920s, where women have shaken off the fetters of corsets and chaperones.

Presented in the ballroom of the Great House at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, this evening of theatre that will delight the senses from the time you arrive on the estate until ... view more »

ADMISSION INFO

Trustees Members: $28

Non-Members: $35

LOCATION

The Crane Estate

290 Argilla Rd., Ipswich, MA 01938

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