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The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

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Overview

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.

Directed by Adrian Noble
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David Suchet

David Suchet

Lady Bracknell

Michael Benz

Michael Benz

John (Jack) Worthing

Philip Cumbus

Philip Cumbus

Algernon Moncrieff

Imogen Doel

Imogen Doel

Cecily Cardew

Michele Dotrice

Michele Dotrice

Miss Prism

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Brendan Hooper

Merriman

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David Killick

Lane

Richard O'Callaghan

Richard O'Callaghan

Reverend Canon Chasuble

Emily Barber

Emily Barber

Gwendolen Fairfax

About The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage is a history, comedy, romance film released in 2015. Directed by Adrian Noble, it stars David Suchet, Michael Benz, Philip Cumbus. 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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