Two young men who have personal obligations feel that they cannot have fun and so take on the same persona to have fun without consequence.
BOY A--
Name: Jay [James] Hilden
Actor:
Backstory: His father is a member of the local Northern Ireland Parliament as an MP for the SDLP. His father expects him to be studious and proper, and therefore he feels he is restricted in his social life. He cannot do the things regular teenagers do, like having a girlfriend, or clubbin'. He wants a new identity so there are no repercussions to himself, and that is why he creates his 'Ernest'. His best friend is Alistair.
BOY B--
Name: [Ali] Alistair Wilde
Actor:
Backstory: He comes from a family of NHS doctors, but did very poorly in his A2 level year. He is repeating this year in school and his parents are very restrictive due to wanting him to do well in this year. They have given him an ultimatum: do well or get a job. But Alistair still wants to have fun and so creates his 'Ernest'. His best friend is James.
Ends with both girls replying to each 'Ernest' at the same time, and the boys looking at each other.
Why we chose the names
James- We decided to mirror the original Wilde character John by sticking to the 'J' theme. Both the main characters in the original play have nicknames, os we stuck to that too.
Hilden - In the original play, Jack Worthington's surname derived from a British train station. We mirrored this in deciding to make James' surname named after a train station in Northern Ireland, the Hilden station.
Alistair
Wilde - In the original play, Algy is a self-insert from Oscar Wilde, a dandy, amoral character who talks in riddles. We thought it would make sense then to have our Algy character, Alistair, to have the same surname as Wilde, as a nod to the playwright.
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