The Importance of Being Earnest

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The Importance of Being Earnest (15-Oct-1952)

From a play by: Oscar Wilde

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Edith Evans Actor 8-Feb-1888 14-Oct-1976 The Whisperers

Joan Greenwood Actor 4-Mar-1921 27-Feb-1987 The Importance of Being Earnest

Michael Redgrave Actor 20-Mar-1908 21-Mar-1985 Mourning Becomes Electra

Margaret Rutherford Actor 11-May-1892 22-May-1972 The V.I.P.s

Dorothy Tutin Actor 8-Apr-1930 6-Aug-2001 Savage Messiah

CAST

Michael Redgrave ... Jack Worthing (wealthy bachelor)
Richard Wattis ... Seton (Worthing's butler)
Michael Denison ... Algernon Moncrieff (not nearly so rich)
Walter Hudd ... Lane (Algernon's butler)
Edith Evans ... Lady Augusta Bracknell (Algernon's aunt)
Joan Greenwood ... Gwendolen Fairfax (Algernon's cousin)
Dorothy Tutin ... Cecily Cardew (Jack's ward)
Margaret Rutherford ... Miss Letitia Prism (spinster)
Miles Malleson ... Canon Chasuble
Aubrey Mather ... Merriman (butler)

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