The Importance of Being Earnest

The Oscar Wilde Classic
Wed 10th May 2023 to Sat 13th May 2023

 

Wed 10th to Sat 13th May 7.45pm (Sat matinee at 2.30pm)

directed by Peter Drew

 

Perhaps the most renowned of Oscar Wilde’s comedies, the play tells the story of two bachelors, John ‘Jack’ Worthing and Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Earnest to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men called Earnest.

The pair struggle to keep up with their own stories and become tangled in a tale of deception, disguise and misadventure in an elaborate plot ridiculing Victorian sensibilities with some of the best loved, and indeed bizarre, characters to be found on the modern stage.

Our producion is the less frequently performed four act version - so even more classic Oscar Wilde to enjoy!

 

The cast: 

Jack - Gray Searle

Algernon - Charlie Erith

Dr Chasuble - Dean Marshall

Mr Gribsby - Nick Mason

Moulton/Footman - Chris Hunt

Merriman - Lester Pearce

Lane - Clive Clark

Lady Bracknell - Fiona Haskell

Gwendolen - Sarah Harvey-Wade

Cecily - Jess Bellamy

Miss Prism - Anthea Halstead