The Importance of Being Earnest
- Summary
- 1974 BBC production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
- Theatre play
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 17 February 1974
- Time
- 8.10-9.50pm
- Series
- Play of the Month
- Channel
- BBC1
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- James MacTaggart
- Producer
- Cedric Messina
- Playwright
- Oscar Wilde
- Designer
- Eileen Diss
- Costumes
- Odette Barrow
- Make-up
- Maureen Winslade
- Cast
Celia Bannerman Cecily Cardew Lally Bowers Miss Prism Coral Browne Lady Bracknell Arthur Hewlett Merriman Julian Holloway Algernon Moncrieff Michael Jayston John Worthing, J.P. Gemma Jones Gwendolen Fairfax Douglas Milvain Lane Richard Pearson Rev. Canon Chasuble
Additional details
- Play tags
- 19th-century setting; comedy; Edwardian drama
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- The Importance of Being Earnest (BBC, 1974)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- Radio Times, 14 February 1974 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- illustrated listing, p. 20
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