The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

9.0 (2 votes)• 2015•Released

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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.

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Production Details

Languages: English

Director: Adrian Noble

Starring Cast: David Suchet, Michael Benz, Philip Cumbus, Imogen Doel, Michele Dotrice, Brendan Hooper

Cast

David Suchet

Lady Bracknell

Michael Benz

John (Jack) Worthing

Philip Cumbus

Algernon Moncrieff

Imogen Doel

Cecily Cardew

Michele Dotrice

Miss Prism

Brendan Hooper

Merriman

David Killick

Lane

Richard O'Callaghan

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Emily Barber

Gwendolen Fairfax

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