Jack Worthing escapes his mundane reserved country life by going to London to help his fictitious wayward brother ""Earnest"". In London, Jack assumes the identity of the egocentric ""Earnest" and lives a carefree exciting lifestyle. The perfect lie begins to comically unravel when ""Earnest" must provide social credentials in order to win Gwendolen's hand and his debt-dodging friend Algy arrives posing as ""Earnest"".
