The Importance of Being Earnest
“They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!”
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Synopsis
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
Cast
Michael Redgrave·Ernest Worthing
Michael Denison·Algernon Moncrieff
Edith Evans·Lady Bracknell
Joan Greenwood·Gwendolen Fairfax
Dorothy Tutin·Cecily Cardew
Margaret Rutherford·Miss Prism
Miles Malleson·Canon Chasuble
Richard Wattis·Seton
Walter Hudd·Lane
Aubrey Mather·Merriman