Details

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

David Suchet, Emily Barber (Gwendolen Fairfax), Michael Benz (Jack Worthing), Philip Cumbus (Algernon Moncrieff), Imogen Doel (Cecily Cardew), Michele Dotrice (Miss Prism), Richard O'Callaghan (Chasuble)

Creatives/Company

Author: Oscar Wilde
Producer(s): Kim Poster (for Stanhope Productions), Nica Burns, Adrian Noble
Director: Adrian Noble
Design: Peter McKintosh
Lighting: Howard Harrison
Sound: Gareth Owen
Music: Larry Blank