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        <titleStmt>
           <title>The Importance of Being Earnest: a TEI Edition to Model A Minimally Encoded Document Drama in the TEI</title>
           <author>
              <persName>Oscar Wilde</persName>
           </author>
           <respStmt>
              <resp>Encoded by, </resp>
              <persName>Benjamin J. Doyle</persName>
           </respStmt>
        </titleStmt>
        <publicationStmt>
           <publisher>
              <orgName>the TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service (TAPAS)</orgName>
           </publisher>
           <address>
               <addrLine>360 Huntington Avenue</addrLine>
               <addrLine>Northeastern University</addrLine>
               <addrLine>Boston, MA 02115</addrLine>
            </address>
           <date>2017-01-17</date>
           <availability>
              <p>This file is free to download, share, or repurpose for educational and project development purposes.</p>
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           <bibl>
              <title>The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People</title>
              <author>Oscar Wilde</author>
              <pubPlace>London</pubPlace>
              <publisher>Methuen and Co. Ltd.</publisher>
              <date>1915</date>
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           <rendition xml:id="uppercase" scheme="css">text-transform:uppercase;</rendition>
           <rendition xml:id="italic" scheme="css">text-transform:italic;</rendition>
           <rendition xml:id="center" scheme="css">text-align:center;</rendition>
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           <rendition xml:id="large" scheme="css">font-size:110%;</rendition> 
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   <text><!-- this template has been based off the following publicly available TEI resources: Women Writers Project Online: http://www.wwp.northeastern.edu/research/publications/guide/html/drama_outline.html -->
     <front>
        <div type="castlist"><!-- in most cases, works of drama will include a Cast List, or Dramatis Personae, in the front matter of the published work. We can mark this section of source document under a custom <div> with @type value of "castlist." It is recommended and often the practice to add a Cast List in cases even where there isn't one in published edition: see WWP's recommendations and <hyperDiv> discussion: http://www.wwp.northeastern.edu/research/publications/guide/html/drama_castList.html  -->
           <castList><!-- the TEI offers an element <castList> to markup the Cast List, and includes a <head> followed by a <castItem> for each character entry, and often grouped together under each <castGroup>. -->
              <head rend="uppercase"><!-- Dramatis Personae -->The Persons of the Play</head>
              <castGroup><!-- Cast Lists are often divided into Cast Groups, often by gender. We can add <castGroup> as a child of <castList>, with <head> under each <castGroup> to declare the grouping type: <castList><castGroup><head>Women</head><castItem> ... </castItem></castGroup></castList> In our example here, however, we find a divided cast list by gender that is not directly stated by a grouping title, so we will forgo the use of <head>...</head> in each <castGroup>. In cases where a description is offered for each character grouping, use <trailer>...</trailer> after <head>-->
                 <castItem><!-- used for each character entry in Cast List -->
                    <role><!-- declares character role played by actor -->John Worthington, J.P.</role>
                 </castItem>
                 <castItem><role><seg rendition="#uppercase">Algernon Moncrieff</seg></role></castItem>
                 <castItem><role><hi rend="uppercase">Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.</hi></role></castItem>
                 <castItem><role><hi rend="uppercase">Merriman</hi></role>,<roleDesc><!-- add <roleDesc> as a sibling of <role> to include role descriptions. --> Butler</roleDesc></castItem>
                 <castItem><role><hi rend="uppercase">Lane</hi></role>, <roleDesc>Manservant</roleDesc></castItem>
              </castGroup>
              <castGroup><!-- cast of female characters. Source text does not declare, so we forgo <head>Women</head> -->
                 <castItem><role><hi rend="uppercase">Lady Bracknell</hi></role></castItem>
                 <castItem><role><hi rend="uppercase">Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax</hi></role></castItem>
                 <castItem><role><hi rend="uppercase">Cecily Cardew</hi></role></castItem>
                 <castItem><role><hi rend="uppercase">Miss Prism</hi></role>, <roleDesc>Governess</roleDesc></castItem>
              </castGroup>
           </castList>
        </div>
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        <div type="contents">
           <head rend="uppercase">The Scenes of the Play</head>
           <lg>
              <l><label>Act I.</label><hi rend="italic">Algernon Moncrieff's flat in Half-Moon Street, W.</hi></l>
              <l><label>Act II.</label><hi rend="italic">The Garden at the Manor House, Woolton.</hi></l>
              <l><label>Act III.</label><hi rend="italic">Drawing-Room at the Manor House, Woolton.</hi></l>
              <l><label>Time</label> <hi rend="italic">The Present.</hi></l>
           </lg>
        </div>
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        <div type="actorlist">
           <head rend="uppercase"><placeName>London</placeName>: St James's Theatre</head>
           <p><hi rend="italic">Lessee and Manager: <persName>Mr. George Alexander</persName><lb/><date>February 14th, 1895</date></hi></p>
           <castList>
              <castGroup>
              <castItem><hi rend="uppercase">John Worthington, J.P.</hi> ... <persName><hi rend="italic">Mr. George Alexander</hi>.</persName></castItem>
              <castItem><hi rend="uppercase">Algernon Moncrieff</hi>.. <persName><hi rend="italic">Mr. Allen Aynesworth</hi>.</persName></castItem>
              <castItem><hi rend="uppercase">Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.</hi> <persName><hi rend="italic">Mr. H. H. Vincent</hi>.</persName></castItem>
              <castItem><hi rend="uppercase">Merriman </hi>(<hi rend="italic">Butler</hi>) ... <persName><hi rend="italic">Mr. Frank Dyall</hi>.</persName></castItem>
              <castItem><hi rend="uppercase">Lane </hi>(<hi rend="italic">Manservant</hi>)... <persName><hi rend="italic">Mr. F. Kinsey Peile</hi>.</persName></castItem>
              </castGroup>
              <castGroup>
              <castItem><hi rend="uppercase">Lady Bracknell</hi> .... <persName><hi rend="italic">Miss Rose Leclercq</hi>.</persName></castItem>
              <castItem><hi rend="uppercase">Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax</hi> . <persName><hi rend="italic">Miss Irene Vanbrugh</hi>.</persName></castItem>
              <castItem><hi rend="uppercase">Cecily Cardew</hi> .... <persName><hi rend="italic">Miss Evelyn Millard</hi>.</persName></castItem>
              <castItem><hi rend="uppercase">Miss Prism</hi> (<hi rend="italic">Governess</hi>) .. <persName><hi rend="italic">Mrs. George Canninge Irene Vanbrugh</hi>.</persName></castItem>
              </castGroup>
           </castList>
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           <head><hi rend="uppercase">First Act</hi></head>
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           <head>First Act</head>
           <div type="Scene" n="1">
              <head>Scene</head>
              
              <stage type="setting"><!-- for stage directions or scene descriptions, we can use <stage> with a custom typology for @type value. In this case, we have a description of the "setting" -->Morning-room in Algernons flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room. </stage>
              <stage type="action"><!-- in this case, we designated "action" as @type on <stage> to mark the actions of character(s) when scene opens -->[LANE is arranging afternoon tea on the table, and after the music has ceased, ALGERNON enters.] </stage>
              <sp>
                 <speaker rend="uppercase">Algernon</speaker>
                 <p>Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?</p>
              </sp>
              <sp>
                 <speaker rend="uppercase">Lane</speaker>
                 <p>I don't think it polite to listen, sir.</p>
              </sp>
              <sp>
                 <speaker rend="uppercase">Algernon</speaker>
                 <p>I 'm sorry for that, for your sake. I don't play accurately any one can play accurately but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.</p>
              </sp>
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II. The Scenes of the Play
III. London: St James's Theatre
I. First Act

The Importance of Being Earnest: a TEI Edition to Model A Minimally Encoded Document Drama in the TEI

Oscar Wilde Encoded by, Benjamin J. Doyle the TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service (TAPAS)

360 Huntington Avenue Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115

2017-01-17

This file is free to download, share, or repurpose for educational and project development purposes.

The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Oscar Wilde London Methuen and Co. Ltd. 1915 text-transform:uppercase; text-transform:italic; text-align:center; font-size:110%;

The Persons of the Play John Worthington, J.P. Algernon Moncrieff Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D. Merriman , Butler Lane , Manservant Lady Bracknell Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax Cecily Cardew Miss Prism , Governess

The Scenes of the Play Act I. Algernon Moncrieff's flat in Half-Moon Street, W. Act II. The Garden at the Manor House, Woolton. Act III. Drawing-Room at the Manor House, Woolton. Time The Present.

London: St James's Theatre

Lessee and Manager: Mr. George Alexander February 14th, 1895

John Worthington, J.P. ... Mr. George Alexander. Algernon Moncrieff.. Mr. Allen Aynesworth. Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D. Mr. H. H. Vincent. Merriman (Butler) ... Mr. Frank Dyall. Lane (Manservant)... Mr. F. Kinsey Peile. Lady Bracknell .... Miss Rose Leclercq. Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax . Miss Irene Vanbrugh. Cecily Cardew .... Miss Evelyn Millard. Miss Prism (Governess) .. Mrs. George Canninge Irene Vanbrugh.

First Act

Scene Morning-room in Algernons flat in Half-Moon Street. The room is luxuriously and artistically furnished. The sound of a piano is heard in the adjoining room. [LANE is arranging afternoon tea on the table, and after the music has ceased, ALGERNON enters.] Algernon

Did you hear what I was playing, Lane?

Lane

I don't think it polite to listen, sir.

Algernon

I 'm sorry for that, for your sake. I don't play accurately any one can play accurately but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.

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