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​The Importance of Being Earnest is the most renowned of Oscar Wilde’s comedies. Set in the summer of 1895, it’s the story of two bachelors, John ‘Jack’ Worthing and Algernon ‘Algy’ Moncrieff, who create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome lives. They attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men called Ernest. The pair struggle to keep up with their own stories and become tangled in a tale of deception, disguise and misadventure. The elaborate plot ridicules Victorian sensibilities with some of the best loved, and indeed bizarre, characters to be found on the modern stage.

The cast list is:
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Lane (Manservant)                       Fred Radcliffe
Algernon Moncrieff                     Shaunagh Radcliffe
John Worthing (Jack)                  Val Ruddle
Lady Augusta Bracknell              Bill Hunt
Gwedolen Fairfax                         Christine Brooker
Miss Prism                                     Fred Radcliffe
Cecily Cardew                               Linda Churchill
Rev Chasuble                                Graham Mewis
Merriman (Butler)                         Daphne Twinberrow

The pianoforte will be played by Mr Norman Cork pre-show and during the interval.

Co-directors                                  Bill Hunt and Linda Churchill
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Stage Manager                              Norman Cork
Stage assistant                              Veronica Cork 

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