Cast of
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

About The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

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.

Full Cast of The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage

David Suchet
plays Lady Bracknell

David Suchet as Lady Bracknell

David Suchet, OBE, CBE, (born 2 May 1946) is an English actor, known for his work on British television. He is recogn...

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Michael Benz
plays John (Jack) Worthing

Philip Cumbus
plays Algernon Moncrieff

Imogen Doel
plays Cecily Cardew

Michele Dotrice
plays Miss Prism

Brendan Hooper
plays Merriman

David Killick
plays Lane

Richard O'Callaghan
plays Reverend Canon Chasuble

Emily Barber
plays Gwendolen Fairfax


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