As we already know, Algernon Moncrieff has surreptitiously got Cecily’s address and is determined to visit her, as he has fallen in love with her… without even having ever met her.
The first scene is in the garden. Cecily is studying
with Miss Prism, but she doesn’t like the subjects her governess proposes her.
Unexpectedly for them, Algernon arrives under the name
of Ernest Worthing, the wicked brother invented by Jack Worthing. Cecily is so
happy to meet him, that she immediately falls in love with him.
They both go in the house and, while they are inside,
Jack arrives and communicates the sad news of his brother death to Miss Prism
and Dr Chasuble, the parson, without knowing that Algernon/Ernest is there. A
moment later, Algernon/Ernest and Cecily come out to the garden and meet them.
Jack has a big surprise and has to pretend that Ernest death has been a misunderstanding
or a bad joke.
In the second scene, Gwendolen arrives to visit Jack/Ernest,
and she meets Cecily. Then they are enormously puzzled because they both say
they are engaged to Ernest. Fortunately for them, they discover that they’re
two different young men, and that none of them (unfortunately for the boys) is
called Ernest. Cecily and Gwendolen are very disappointed, but they end forgiving
their lovers.
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