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The Importance of Being Earnest

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A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, by Oscar Wilde.
Scenes: Algernon Moncrieff's flat in Half Moon Street, W., the garden at the Manor House, Woolton, and the drawing-room at the Manor House, Woolton.
(Robert Eddison is appearing at the St. James's Theatre, and Dorothy Hyson at the Haymarket Theatre)

Contributors

Author:
Oscar Wilde
Settings:
Barry Learoyd
Producer:
G. More O'Ferrall
John Worthing, J.P.:
Robert Eddison
Algernon Moncrieff:
MacKenzie Ward
Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.:
David Horne
Merriman, a butler:
J.B. Stringer Davis
Lane, a manservant:
Alban Blakelock
Lady Bracknell:
Margaret Rutherford
Hon Gwendolen Fairfax:
Margaret Vines
Cecily Cardew:
Dorothy Hyson
Miss Prism:
Betty Potter
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