The Importance of Being Earnest

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Event The Importance of Being Earnest
Venue Playhouse (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW
First Date 26 July 1989
Last Date 26 August 1989
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description A drag performance that uses Oscar Wilde's play as a base for the conceit that English country landowners Hilda Bracket and Evadne Hinge are staging Wilde's classic comedy of manners with the (fictitious) Stackton Tressle Dramatic Society, using members of their estate's staff as players of some of the parts.
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Comedy
Drag
Adaptation
Subjects British people
Social Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
James Bean Actor Algernon Moncrieff
Dame Hilda Bracket Actor Lady Bracknell
Robin Cuming Actor Lane & Merriman
Catriona Gillies Actor Gwendolen
David Goddard Actor Chasuble
Evadne Hinge Actor Miss Prism
Brian McNevin Actor John Worthing
Kaye Tuckerman Actor Cecily
Lou Stein Adaptor
Norman Coates Designer
Lou Stein Director
David Malacari Lighting Designer
Oscar Wilde Playwright
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information This is really a British production in all respects, except that Australian actors were incorporated into most of the roles in rehearsal in Australia (GJM, Sept 2011).
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Brochure Sydney Opera House Diary Jun/Jul 1989
Programme Australian Tour
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 94710