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The
Importance of Being Earnest
by
Oscar Wilde
First performance at the
Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton, London on 16th
September 1982. Visited Norwich Theatre Royal from
27th September to 2nd October; Nottingham Theatre Royal
from 18th to 23rd October; Manchester Palace Theatre
from 1st to 6th November; Liverpool Empire from 16th to
20th November; and Coventry Apollo from 22nd to 27th
November.
Director: Peter Hall
Design and Lighting: John Bury
Assistant Designer: Sue Jenkinson
Sound: Chris Montgomery
Pianist: Irita Kutchmy
Running time: approx. 150 mins
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Cast
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alphabetical order) |
Judi Dench.....Lady Bracknell
Elizabeth Garvie.....Cecily Cardew
John Gill.....Merriman
Nigel Havers.....Algernon Moncrieff
Alan Haywood.....Footman
Martin Jarvis.....John Worthing, JP
Brian Kent.....Lane
Anna Massey.....Miss Prism
Paul Rogers.....Rev. Canon Chasuble, DD
Zoë Wanamaker.....Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax |
Production |
| Oscar Wilde's last
and arguably his greatest play. Algernon Moncrieff and
John Worthing indulge their taste for adventure by inventing
imaginary friends - with comic results... |
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