Some scenes from The Importance of Being Earnest written by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) and produced at the Lyric, Hammersmith Theatre under the direction of the celebrated actor and theatre manager Nigel Playfair, running for some 104 performances beginning on 7 July 1930.
The production appeared at the Lyric, Hammersmith Theatre under the direction of the celebrated actor and theatre manager Nigel Playfair, then in his twelfth season at the Hammersmith playhouse. With "characteristic panache and originality," Playfair mounted a production in the style of Aubrey Beardsley, entirely black and white and silver. The acting followed the distinctive style Playfair had established, consisting of "simplified realism, stylized gesture and formalized composition." The cast included Gielgud (coming directly from his triumphant Hamlet of earlier in the year) as John Worthing, Anthony Ireland as Algernon, Jean Cadell as Miss Prism, and Gielgud’s aunt Mabel Terry-Lewis as Lady Bracknell. It had a great success, running for some 104 performances beginning on 7 July 1930.
Anthony Ireland and John Gielgud with Iris Baker and Heather Angel, Lyric, Hammersmith, 1930
Scene from The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) at the Lyric Hammersmith, 7 June 1930
This is a production of the play The Importance of Being Earnest (by Oscar Wilde), 7th July 1930 – 1931, at Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London.
Cast & Crew
?T/O Canon Chasuble? Nicholas Hannen
?T/O Miss Prism? Athene Seyler
Algernon Moncrieff Anthony Ireland
Cecily Cardew Heather Angel
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax Iris Baker
John Worthing J.P. John Gielgud
Lady Bracknell Mabel Terry-Lewis
Lane Richard Caldicot
Merriman Scott Russell
Miss Prism Jean Cadell
Rev. Canon Chasuble, DD Charles Staite
Designer Michael Weight
Director Nigel Playfair
Stage Management Eric Bloom
Stage Management A.E. Filmer
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