Jack Worthing lives in the country with his budding young ward Cecily Cardew and her fussbudget governess, Miss Prism. To escape his situation, Jack invents a brother named Earnest who lives in London and frequently needs him. When in London, Jack then poses as Earnest. This elaborate fabrication proceeds smoothly until Jack/Ernest falls in love and his fiancee's mother discovers there is more - or, rather, less - to him than meets the eye.

From its theatrical debut in 1895 to the present, Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest has enthralled audiences with its flashing wit and surprising insights. This full cast recording features a scintillating reading by a stellar cast headed by Alec McCowan and Lynn Redgrave, and directed by Peter Wood.

"Under Peter Wood's knowing direction, Wilde's satiric thrust at the society and manners of Victorian England are always fully capitalized upon." -San Antonio Light

THE CAST

• Lady Bracknell                     Gladys Cooper
• Hon. Gwendolyn Fairfax        Joan Greenwood
• John Worthington, J.P.          Richard Johnston
• Algernon Moncrieff                Alec McCowan
• Cecily Cardew                      Lynn Redgrave
• Miss Prism, governess          Irene Handl
• Rev. Cannon Chasuble, D.D. Robertson Hare
• Lane, manservant                 Bernard Archard
• Merriman, butler                   Jack May

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