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ISU Play Concordances

Searching "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde

Complete Alphabetical Word List fromThe Importance of Being Earnest

Complete Word List Ordered by Frequency forThe Importance of Being Earnest

View the complete acting dialogue of The Importance of Being Earnest
Please Note: The complete acting dialogue of The Importance of Being Earnest is not a complete published text of the work and should be used for research purposes only. Copying the acting dialogue of the play is a violation of international copyright law and should be avoided.

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Searching the Play

In the following link, search using your browser's Find mechanism (under the Edit menu item in Netscape). All keywords are prefixed with a double-colon (::) and all speaker's names are prefixed with a colon-equals (:=) while location within the source is designated by a locator at the start of the string. Keywords are first grouped together in alphabetical order and then sequenced by their order within the play. As an example:

1.5  ::ANXIOUS          :=Algernon:                                    Oh, I'm a little anxious about poor Bunbury, that is all.

The keyword here is ANXIOUS (search for ::ANXIOUS) while the speaker is Algernon and the phrase is "Oh, I'm a little anxious about poor Bunbury, that is all." which can be found in the text source under EARNEST1.5.

Complete Word, Speaker and Phrase List Ordered Alphabetically for The Importance of Being Earnest

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