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The Importance of Being Earnest   

 
Vanderbilt Theatre , (1/12/1939 - circa. 3/1939)
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Opening Date:Jan 12, 1939   
Closing Date:Mar 1939 Total Performances:61

Category: Play, Comedy, Revival
Setting: Algernon Moncrieff's rooms in Picadilly. The garden at the Manor House, Woolton. Morning-room at the Manor House, Woolton.


Production Staff
Produced by Richard Aldrich and Richard Meyers; Produced in association with Albert Tarbell
Written by Oscar Wilde
Staged by Estelle Winwood
Scenic Design by Watson Barratt
General Manager: Pierce Power-Waters
Stage Manager: Phyllis Perlman and Fred Bolton
Orchestra under the direction of Maurice Nitke
Press Representative: Phyllis Perlman
Cast
Clifton Webb John Worthing, J.P.
Of the Manor House, Woolton, Hertfordshire
Hope Williams Miss Prism
Miss Cardew's governess
Estelle Winwood Lady Bracknell
A. G. Andrews Merriman
Butler to Mr. Worthing
Ainsworth Arnold Reverend Canon Chasuble, D.D.
Rector of Woolton
Florence McGee Cecily Cardew
John Worthing's ward
Guy Spaull Lane
Mr. Moncrieff's man-servant
Helen Trenholme Honorable Gwendolyn Fairfax
Lady Bracknell's daughter
Derek Williams Algernon Moncrieff