in 'The Importance of Being
Earnest'
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde
Characters
{nowplayingin 'LaughterinCourt';appearsby permission of Charles B. Cochran )
(by permission of Maurice Browne )
Production by VAL GIELGUD
The action of the play begins in Algernon Moncrieff 's flat in Half-Moon Street, London, and then changes to the Manor House, Woolton, the residence of John Worthing, J.P.
This comedy of epigrams, by Oscar Wilde , was produced by George Alexander at the St. James's Theatre, London, in 1895, with himself as John Worthing , and was revived there four times. In 1923 it was done at the Haymarket; seven years later at the Lyric, Hammersmith, this time with John Gielgud as John Worthing , when it ran for one hundred performances. A radio version was done last year.
The cast in tonight's revival would fill any West End theatre, and Ronald Squire as John Worthing should be able to stand comparison with any of his predecessors.