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The Importance of Being Earnest
Play
Comedy
Revival
Opening Date
Jan 12, 1939
Closing Date
Mar 1939
Performances
61
Play
Comedy
Revival
Open Date: Jan 12, 1939
Close Date: Mar 1939
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Vanderbilt Theatre
(Jan 12, 1939 - Mar 1939)
Setting
Algernon Moncrieff's flat in Half Moon Street, London, W. The garden at the Manor House, Woolton. Drawing room of the Manor House, Woolton.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Richard Aldrich
and
Richard Myers
; Produced in association with
Albert Tarbell
Written by
Oscar Wilde
Staged by
Estelle Winwood
Scenic Design by
Watson Barratt
General Manager:
Pierce Power-Waters
Stage Manager:
Phyllis Perlman
and
Fred Bolton
Orchestra under the direction of
Maurice Nitke
Press Representative:
Phyllis Perlman
Clifton Webb
John Worthing, J.P.
Of the Manor House, Woolton, Hertfordshire
Hope Williams
Miss Prism
Miss Cardew's governess
Estelle Winwood
Lady Bracknell
A. G. Andrews
Merriman
Butler to Mr. Worthing
Ainsworth Arnold
Reverend Canon Chasuble, D.D.
Rector of Woolton
Florence McGee
Cecily Cardew
John Worthing's ward
Guy Spaull
Lane
Mr. Moncrieff's man-servant
Helen Trenholme
Honorable Gwendolyn Fairfax
Lady Bracknell's daughter
Derek Williams
Algernon Moncrieff
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Richard Aldrich
and
Richard Myers
; Produced in association with
Albert Tarbell
Written by
Oscar Wilde
Staged by
Estelle Winwood
Scenic Design by
Watson Barratt
General Manager:
Pierce Power-Waters
Stage Manager:
Phyllis Perlman
and
Fred Bolton
Orchestra under the direction of
Maurice Nitke
Press Representative:
Phyllis Perlman
Clifton Webb
John Worthing, J.P.
Of the Manor House, Woolton, Hertfordshire
Hope Williams
Miss Prism
Miss Cardew's governess
Estelle Winwood
Lady Bracknell
A. G. Andrews
Merriman
Butler to Mr. Worthing
Ainsworth Arnold
Reverend Canon Chasuble, D.D.
Rector of Woolton
Florence McGee
Cecily Cardew
John Worthing's ward
Guy Spaull
Lane
Mr. Moncrieff's man-servant
Helen Trenholme
Honorable Gwendolyn Fairfax
Lady Bracknell's daughter
Derek Williams
Algernon Moncrieff
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