The Importance of Being Earnest

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Event The Importance of Being Earnest
Venue Criterion Theatre, Sydney, NSW
First Date 11 April 1896
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The brilliancy of this display of verbal pyrotechnics is amazing, the effect a little bewildering at times, but the resultant verdict at the close - "delightfully clever and amusing."
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Dion Boucicault Actor Algernon Moncrieff
Carey Actor Rev. Canon Chasuble
Faber Actor Gwendolyn
Katharine Hardy Actor Cecily Cardew
Hill Actor Miss Prism
Cecil Ward Actor Jack Worthing
Jenny Watt-Tanner Actor Lady Bracknell
Hatty Starr Composer
Oscar Wilde Playwright
Resources
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Sydney Morning Herald, 13 April 1896, p.7
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 90666