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The Importance of Being Earnest

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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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 poster

Michael Redgrave

Ernest Worthing

Michael Denison poster

Michael Denison

Algernon Moncrieff

Edith Evans poster

Edith Evans

Lady Bracknell

Joan Greenwood poster

Joan Greenwood

Gwendolen Fairfax

Dorothy Tutin poster

Dorothy Tutin

Cecily Cardew

Margaret Rutherford poster

Margaret Rutherford

Miss Prism

Miles Malleson poster

Miles Malleson

Canon Chasuble

Richard Wattis poster

Richard Wattis

Seton

Walter Hudd poster

Walter Hudd

Lane

Aubrey Mather poster

Aubrey Mather

Merriman

Ivor Barnard poster

Ivor Barnard

Conductor (Uncredited)