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The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

90 %|Oct 8, 2015|History, Comedy, Romance

National treasure and Poirot star David Suchet starred as the formidable Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s much loved masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. Directed by Adrian Noble, (Amadeus, The King’s Speech, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) Wilde’s superb satire on Victorian manners is one of the funniest plays in the English language. Two bachelor friends, the adorable dandy Algernon Moncrieff (Philip Cumbus – regular player at Shakespeare’s Globe) and the utterly reliable John Worthing J.P., (Downton Abbey’s Michael Benz) lead double lives to court the attentions of the exquisitely desirable Gwendolyn Fairfax (Emily Barber) and Cecily Cardew (Imogen Doel). The gallants must then grapple with the riotous consequences of their deceptions, and with the formidable Lady Bracknell.

Featured Crew

Adrian Noble
Director

Cast

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David Suchet
Lady Bracknell
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Michael Benz
John (Jack) Worthing
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Philip Cumbus
Algernon Moncrieff
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Imogen Doel
Cecily Cardew
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Michele Dotrice
Miss Prism
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Richard O'Callaghan
Reverend Canon Chasuble
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Emily Barber
Gwendolen Fairfax