The Importance of Being Earnest [scenes]

Summary: 1966 Rediffusion presentation of scenes from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde for ITV’s Drama for Sixth forms season titled Conflict, introduced by John Gielgud.
Theatre play: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde [more information]
Play synopsis: 'A farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play’s major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways’ (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest).
Production history: First performed on 14 February 1895 at St James’s Theatre in London.
Date of transmission: Friday 11 November 1966
Time: 2.35-3.00pm
Series: Schools
Channel: ITV
Production company: Rediffusion (1964-68)