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Today's featured article Scene from the play's opening run The Importance of Being Earnest is a drawing-room comedy by Oscar Wilde. Premiered on 14 February 1895 in London, it depicts the affairs of two young men about town who lead double lives to evade unwanted social obligations, both assuming the name Ernest to woo two young women. Other characters are the formidable Lady Bracknell, the fussy governess Miss Prism and the benign and scholarly Canon Chasuble. The play, celebrated for its wit and repartee, parodies contemporary dramatic norms and comically satirises late-Victorian manners. The triumphant opening night was followed within weeks by Wilde's downfall and imprisonment for homosexual acts and the closure of the production, and Wilde wrote no more comic or dramatic works. From the early 20th century onwards, the play has been revived frequently and adapted for radio, television, film, operas and musicals. (Full article...) Recently featured: Sydney Newman Weise's law MLS Cup 1999 Selected anniversaries November 24: Feast day of the Vietnamese Martyrs (Catholicism) Hibiscus Rising 1542 – Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces captured about 1,200 Scots at the Battle of Solway Moss. 1859 – British naturalist Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published, and sold out its initial print run on the first day. 1976 – A magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck eastern Turkey, destroying 80 per cent of buildings in the region and causing at least 4,000 casualties. 2009 – The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, was launched in Bucharest, Romania. 2023 – Hibiscus Rising (pictured), a sculpture commemorating the life of David Oluwale, was unveiled in Leeds. Zachary Taylor (b. 1784) Eileen Barton (b. 1924) Tarō Yamamoto (b. 1974) Goo Hara (d. 2019) More anniversaries: November 23 November 24 November 25	In the news Yoav Gallant Following parliamentary elections, Gintautas Paluckas is elected by the Seimas as the Prime Minister of Lithuania. The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant (pictured), and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif in its investigation of war crimes in Palestine. Forty-five pro-democracy activists are sentenced under the Hong Kong national security law for their participation in the 2020 pro-democracy primaries. In motorcycle racing, Jorge Martín wins the MotoGP World Championship. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Israeli invasion of Lebanon Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: John Prescott Diane Coleman Pat Koch Thaler Thomas E. Kurtz Olav Thon Jon Kenny Did you know... Charles J. M. Gwinn ... that Charles J. M. Gwinn (pictured) was the first state's attorney of Baltimore elected under the Maryland Constitution of 1851, which he had helped to draft? ... that "Every Night", released ten years ago today, was called "the smartest dumb music out there"? ... that Bishop John Dunn continued to celebrate Mass after a fire broke out in the choir loft of St. Cecilia Cathedral during the Sixth National Eucharistic Congress? ... that over the opening weekend of Florentina Holzinger's first opera, eighteen audience members required medical treatment for severe nausea? ... that the apricot dress of Jacqueline Kennedy kept its shape in India's hot weather? ... that weightlifter Oun Yao-ling was asked to compete in the South African Games, but the invitation was swiftly rescinded once the organisers learned that he was Chinese, not white? ... that the opening of Salmon n' Bannock led to the owner reconnecting with her long-lost family? ... that Władysław Umiński's 1914 novel Czarodziejski okręt was described as being a "grotesque" treatment of the robinsonade? ... that Ross Mihara "didn't know a yorikiri from hara-kiri" when he was hired as a sumo commentator by NHK?
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