Performance

Venue	The Abbey Theatre
	Also: Peacock Theatre
Town	Dublin
County	Ireland
From	12th July 2006
To	9th September 2006
When	Mon-Sat 20:00. Sat Mat 14:30
The Abbey Theatre (V01247620447)
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The Importance of Being Earnest

Work:: The Importance of Being Earnest (S3690)

Classic turn-of-the-century comedy of social manners. A very complicated plot that includes the famous "A Handbag!" line .. Jack Worthing is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax, daughter of the redoubtable Lady Bracknell, and cousin of his friend Algernon. They cannot wed until the mystery of his parentage (he was found in a handbag on Victoria Station) is resolved. Algy discovers that Jack has a pretty young ward, Cecily, living at the Manor and visits her pretending to be Jack's fictitious (and wicked) brother Ernest.

Author

Oscar Wilde

Production:: (T022684280)

At the start of this production we find Wilde in a Paris cafe, breakfasting on champagne and absinthe. Surrounded by the splendour of Art Nouveau and the beauty of the young waiters, he recalls his moment of greatest triumph with The Importance of Being Earnest. With good-humoured mischief, he casts the play from the cafe's elegant male clientele.

Producer	Abbey Theatre
Director	Conall Morrison
Design	Sabine Dargent
Lighting	Ben Ormerod
Costume	Joan O'Clery
Performer	Alan Stanford

Listing:: L845002499

Abbey

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Production details

At the start of this production we find Wilde in a Paris cafe, breakfasting on champagne and absinthe. Surrounded by the splendour of Art Nouveau and the beauty of the young waiters, he recalls his moment of greatest triumph with The Importance of Being Earnest. With good-humoured mischief, he casts the play from the cafe's elegant male clientele. Abbey

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