Oscar Wilde - Earnest

(4.3 stars; 14 reviews)

Oscar Wilde - The Importance Of Being Earnest (1953) Rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters! Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack's ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack's country home on the same weekend the "rivals" to fight for Ernest's undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day! CAST: Robert Eddison ......John Worthing Arthur Lawrence ......Lane William Fox ........Algernon Moncrieff Gladys Young .......Lady Bracknell Monica Grey ........Gwendolen Fairfax Rosamund Greenwood .........Miss Prism Elizabeth London ..........Cecily Cardew Frank Tickle .......Merriman Cyril Shaps ..........The Rev. Canon Chasuble Producer: Val Gielgud First broadcast: The Importance of Being Ernest Saturday 30th May 1953 on BBC Home Service at 9:15pm

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