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The Importance of Being Earnest or "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" by Oscar Wilde.

It was in the summer of 1894, while on holiday with his family in the town of Worthing, that Wilde wrote the play which many consider to be his comic masterpiece. Many of its lines have become part of modern British folklore and it remains one of the best-loved plays in British theatre.
Drama: page 12

Contributors

Writer:
Oscar Wilde
Composer:
Dominic Muldowney
Director:
Howard Davies
Producer:
Catherine Bailey
Algernon Moncrieff:
Julian Wadham
Lane, a manservant:
Patrick Godfrey
Jack Worthing:
Simon Russell Beale
Lady Bracknell:
Geraldine McEwan
Hon Gwendolen Fairfax:
Victoria Hamilton
Miss Prism, a governess:
Celia Imrie
Cecily Cardew:
Emma Fielding
The Rev Canon Chasuble:
Geoffrey Palmer
Merriman, a butler:
Hugh Ross
Source: Radio Times

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