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. Following a hugely successful tour of Australia and New Zealand

Cast/Performers

Patricia Routledge (Lady Bracknell), Alistair Petrie (Jack Worthing), Theo Fraser Steele (Algernon Moncrieff), Jonathan Elsom (Rev Canon Chasuble), Beverley Dunn (Miss Prism), Essie Davis (Gwendolen), Sarah Kants (Cecily)

Creatives/Company

Author: Oscar Wilde
Producer: Duncan C Weldon (for Triumph Entertainment Ltd and International Concert Attractions)
Director: Christopher Morahan
Design: Peter Rice
Lighting: Robert Bryan
Sound: John Leonard (Aura Sound)