Director: Anthony Asquith

Writer: Anthony Asquith

From a play by: Oscar Wilde

Music Composed and Conducted by: Benjamin Frankel

Producer: Teddy Baird

Keywords: Romantic Comedy

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Denison	Actor	1-Nov-1915	22-Jul-1998	Shadowlands
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
Richard Wattis	Actor	25-Feb-1912	1-Feb-1975	English comic actor

CAST

In order of appearance
Michael Redgrave	...   Ernest 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 Bracknell (Algernon's aunt)
Joan Greenwood	...   Gwendolen Fairfax (Algernon's cousin)
Dorothy Tutin	...   Cecily Cardew (Jack's ward)
Margaret Rutherford	...   Miss Prism (spinster)
Miles Malleson	...   Canon Chasuble
Aubrey Mather	...   Merriman (butler)

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