The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

The story

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.

Cast & crew

David SuchetLady Bracknell

Michael BenzJohn (Jack) Worthing

Philip CumbusAlgernon Moncrieff

Imogen DoelCecily Cardew

Michele DotriceMiss Prism

Brendan Hooper

Brendan HooperMerriman

David KillickLane

Richard O'CallaghanReverend Canon Chasuble

Emily BarberGwendolen Fairfax