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The Importance of Being Earnest
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Comedy
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Jun 16, 1977
Closing Date
Aug 28, 1977
1st Preview
May 27, 1977
1st Preview
May 27, 1977
Previews
23
Performances
85
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Open Date: Jun 16, 1977
Close Date: Aug 28, 1977
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Circle in the Square Theatre
(Jun 16, 1977 - Aug 28, 1977)
Setting
Algernon Moncrieff's flat in Half-Moon Street, W., and the Manor House, Woolton.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Circle in the Square (under the direction of Theodore Mann and Paul Libin)
Produced by
Circle in the Square (Theodore Mann: Artistic Director; Paul Libin: Managing Director)
Written by
Oscar Wilde
Directed by
Stephen Porter
Scenic Design by
Zack Brown
; Costume Design by
Ann Roth
; Lighting Design by
John McLain
; Hair and Wig Design by
Paul Huntley
; Assistant to Zack Brown:
Edward Pisoni
; Assistant to Ann Roth:
Clifford Capone
Company Manager:
William Conn
; Associate Co. Mgr:
Alan C. Wasser
Production Stage Manager:
Randall Brooks
; Stage Manager:
James Bernardi
Circle in the Square General Press Representative:
Merle Debuskey
; Circle in the Square Press Representative:
David Roggensack
; Photographer:
Martha Swope
; Advertising:
Don Josephson
,
Cathy Perry
and
Blaine-Thompson
; Casting:
Deborah Brown
and
Lynn Kressel
Patricia Conolly
Honorable Gwendolyn Fairfax
Lady Bracknell's daughter
John Glover
Algernon Moncrieff
James Valentine
John Worthing, J.P.
Of the Manor House, Woolton, Hertfordshire
Kathleen Widdoes
Cecily Cardew
John Worthing's ward
Elizabeth Wilson
Lady Bracknell
Mary Louise Wilson
Miss Prism
Miss Cardew's governess
G. Wood
Reverend Canon Chasuble, D.D.
Rector of Woolton
Munson Hicks
Lane
Mr. Moncrieff's man-servant
Thomas Ruisinger
Merriman
Butler to Mr. Worthing
Standby:
Dorothy Blackburn
(Lady Bracknell, Miss Prism)
Understudies:
Barbara Berge
(Honorable Gwendolyn Fairfax, Cecily Cardew),
Munson Hicks
(Algernon Moncrieff),
John Rose
(John Worthing, J.P., Merriman, Lane) and
Thomas Ruisinger
(Reverend Canon Chasuble, D.D.)
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Scenic Design
1978 Nominee
Scenic Design by
Zack Brown
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Circle in the Square (under the direction of Theodore Mann and Paul Libin)
Produced by
Circle in the Square (Theodore Mann: Artistic Director; Paul Libin: Managing Director)
Written by
Oscar Wilde
Directed by
Stephen Porter
Scenic Design by
Zack Brown
; Costume Design by
Ann Roth
; Lighting Design by
John McLain
; Hair and Wig Design by
Paul Huntley
; Assistant to Zack Brown:
Edward Pisoni
; Assistant to Ann Roth:
Clifford Capone
Company Manager:
William Conn
; Associate Co. Mgr:
Alan C. Wasser
Production Stage Manager:
Randall Brooks
; Stage Manager:
James Bernardi
Circle in the Square General Press Representative:
Merle Debuskey
; Circle in the Square Press Representative:
David Roggensack
; Photographer:
Martha Swope
; Advertising:
Don Josephson
,
Cathy Perry
and
Blaine-Thompson
; Casting:
Deborah Brown
and
Lynn Kressel
Patricia Conolly
Honorable Gwendolyn Fairfax
Lady Bracknell's daughter
John Glover
Algernon Moncrieff
James Valentine
John Worthing, J.P.
Of the Manor House, Woolton, Hertfordshire
Kathleen Widdoes
Cecily Cardew
John Worthing's ward
Elizabeth Wilson
Lady Bracknell
Mary Louise Wilson
Miss Prism
Miss Cardew's governess
G. Wood
Reverend Canon Chasuble, D.D.
Rector of Woolton
Munson Hicks
Lane
Mr. Moncrieff's man-servant
Thomas Ruisinger
Merriman
Butler to Mr. Worthing
Standby:
Dorothy Blackburn
(Lady Bracknell, Miss Prism)
Understudies:
Barbara Berge
(Honorable Gwendolyn Fairfax, Cecily Cardew),
Munson Hicks
(Algernon Moncrieff),
John Rose
(John Worthing, J.P., Merriman, Lane) and
Thomas Ruisinger
(Reverend Canon Chasuble, D.D.)
Tony Award®
Best Scenic Design
1978 Nominee
Scenic Design by
Zack Brown
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