The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage 9 years old

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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The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage Cast

Name	Character
David Suchet He was 69, now 78 years old	as Lady Bracknell
Michele Dotrice She was 67, now 76 years old	as Miss Prism
Richard O'Callaghan He was 75, now 84 years old	as Reverend Canon Chasuble

The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage Crew

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