The Importance of Being Earnest

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

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.

Cast/Performers

Ronke Adekoluejo (Gwendolen Fairfax), Richard Cant (Reverend Canon Chasuble), Sharon D Clarke (Lady Bracknell), Ncuti Gatwa (Algernon Moncrieff), Amanda Lawrence (Miss Prism), Eliza Scanlen (Cecily Cardew), Hugh Skinner (Jack Worthing), Julian Bleach (Lane / Merriman), Shereener Browne (Ensemble), Jasmine Kerr (Ensemble), Gillian McCafferty (Ensemble), Elliot Pritchard (Ensemble), John Vernon (Ensemble)

Creatives/Company

Author: Oscar Wilde
Producer: National Theatre
Director(s): Max Webster, Carrie-Annie Ingrouille (movement), Alastair Coomer (CDG - casting)
Design: Rae Smith
Lighting: Jon Clark
Sound: Nicola T Chang
Music: DJ Walde