The Importance of Being Earnest
T1352743151
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.
Archive :: production:T1352743151, play:S3690, venue:V1231
Current production:Work
Production details
Originally set in Algernon's London apartments and Jack's country house, we'll be setting our modern version in the City and town offices of a family business. There'll be a few tweaks to the original script to create our modern setting but all the characters and Wilde's best known lines will remain.
This event takes place at The London Stock Exchange, 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7LS
