.Who actually gave birth to the honourable Gwendolen Fairfax? How did a boy from the slums of London’s East End become the most adored and celebrated actress of the late-Victorian stage? What are the abhorrent consequences of the sudden return of Miss Prism’s oh, so long-ago-abandoned handbag? And why, most importantly, is it now absolutely impossible for Mr Worthing to ever marry the woman he so desperately loves?