The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

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9-26 February ​2020

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Director: Ellis Ebell

Production Coordinator: Maria Haughey

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The spirit of Oscar Wilde returns to the WLT stage in the most famous of Wilde’s plays. The play itself needs no introduction: it has been described as ‘a trivial comedy for serious people’.

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Although this classic was first performed in 1895, its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make it one of the most performed and enduring of Wilde’s plays.

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It has been performed by almost every theatre company worldwide, with the role of Lady Bracknell being played by world famous actors. Our challenge is to give it ‘something different’!

CAST

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Back:

Jon Kinnear (Jack); Ellis Ebell, Director; James Madsden-Smith (Algernon);

Keith Hutton (Chasuble); Andrew Wild (Lane & Merriman)

Front:

Casey Bohan (Cecily); Barbara Hughes (Miss Prism); Margie Bainbridge (Lady Bracknell), Elle Sejean-Allen (Gwendolen)

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Stage Manager: Andrew Wild

Operator: Maureen White

Production Design: Tony Tartaro

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