Summary

劇情介紹
本劇「不可兒戲」場景設於十九世紀末的英國倫敦鄉下。身為西西莉監護人的男主角傑克多年來欺騙西西莉自己在倫敦有個名叫任真,放蕩不羈的弟弟。傑克經常以為闖禍的弟弟善後為由奔波於所居住的赫特福德郡和倫敦兩地。而在倫敦時,傑克即以任真自稱,還結識了亞吉能的表妹關多琳並想與她結婚。無獨有偶,傑克的好友亞吉能也虛構了一位住在郊區,身體孱弱的朋友邦浦利,以便自己能以探病為由溜到城外。
有天,傑克想向關多琳求婚,卻不順利。首先,關多琳似乎僅因傑克謊稱的名字任真而喜歡他。再者,關多琳的母親巴夫人對傑克卑微的出身感到不滿。另一方面,亞吉能發現了任真與傑克實為同一人,迫使傑克承認其謊言。然而,傑克無意間透露西西莉對他虛構的弟弟任真頗感興,亞吉能於是扮成任真以求與西西莉相識。兩人相遇後,亞吉能果然與西西莉迅速墜入愛河。隨著傑克和關多琳先後到了莊園,西西莉與關多琳驚訝地發現兩位與她們訂親的紳士都不叫作任真。而在這個混亂的時刻,巴夫人的到來,揭開了另一個驚人的秘密……


Plot summary
 The Importance of Being Earnest is set in London and the English countryside during the late 19th century. Jack, the guardian of Cecily, has lied to her about having a brother named Ernest in London for many years in order to travel between Hertfordshire and London at will. However, in London, Jack calls himself “Ernest” and intends to marry Gwendolen, the cousin of Jack’s best friend Algernon. Not unlike Jack, Algernon also creates a fictitious friend named “Bunbury” whose poor health becomes the excuse for Algernon to travel to the countryside from time to time.
One day, Jack proposes to Gwendolen, but the proposal is not one hundred percent perfect. For the first time, Jack finds that Gwendolen loves him because of her imagination of his fictitious identity “Ernest,” and Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen’s mother, is dissatisfied with him because of his humble origins. While discovering Jack’s secret about assuming two different identities in different places, Algernon learns that Cecily, whom Algernon later adores, is also highly interested in Jack’s fictitious brother “Ernest.” Then Algernon pretends to be this Ernest to meet Cecily in the country. Jack and Gwendolen also show up at the Manor House, and the two girls find out that neither of the gentlemen is called “Ernest”. With Lady Bracknell’s arrival at this chaotic moment, the other shocking secret is about to be revealed…