Born to be Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest

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Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest

Born to Be Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Mathew Baynton and Gemma Jones star in a sparkling production of Oscar Wilde's comedy

4 Extra Debut. Two gentlemen friends use the same alias to pursue the women they love. Wilde's classic with Mathew Baynton and Gemma Jones.

A comedy of mistaken identity ensues when two gentlemen friends use the same alias to pursue the women they love.

A sparkling production of Oscar Wilde's much-loved comedy masterpiece, set in 1890s England. 

Starring Mathew Baynton, Jeany Spark, Abhin Galeya and Gemma Jones.

Algernon.....Mathew Baynton
Lane.....Stephen Hogan
Jack.....Abhin Galeya
Gwendolen.....Jeany Spark
Lady Bracknell.....Gemma Jones
Cicely.....Kerry Gooderson
Miss Prism......Elizabeth Counsell
Chasuble.....Sean Murray
Merriman.....Ryan Early

Music arranged and directed by Colin Sell.

Director: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018

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