Dollar Drama Club
The Importance of Being Earnest
Directed by Frances Lindsay
For photographs of the dress rehearsal click here.
For photographs of the cast click here.
For photographs of the set construction click here.
Oscar Wilde's classic three-act comedy was first performed on 14 February 1895. It is a farcical comedy in which the lead characters maintain fictitious identities to escape burdensome social obligations. The play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satire of Victorian ways. Contemporary reviews all praised the play's humour. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make "The Importance of Being Earnest" Oscar Wilde's most enduringly popular play.
Dollar Drama's production was set in the 1920s rather than Victorian times.
We gave three performances in Dollar Academy Studio Theatre on the 20th, 21st and 22nd October 2016.
Cast:
- John (or Jack) Worthing - Damian Sherwood-Johnson
- Algernon Moncrieff - Matthew Pease
- Cecily Cardew - Fran McNicoll
- Gwendolen Fairfax - Sarah Giblin
- Lady Bracknell - Jane McGill
- Miss Prism - Linda Rice
- Rev. Canon Chasuble - Stephen Lambert
- Merriman - John Biggam
- Lane - Andrew Bawn
Supporting everything:
Set design: Matthew Pease
Set construction: Tim Turner, Matthew Pease, Mick Rice, Andrew Bawn, Hamish Lindsay
Costumes: Elaine Payne, Linda Rice, Frances Lindsay
Music & effects: Andrew Bawn
Sound & lighting: Neil Schofield
Props: Elaine Payne
Prompts: Elaine Payne & Andrew Bawn
Stage crew: Elaine Payne, Catherine Gibson-Poole, and members of the cast
Front of house: Margaret & John Humphrey, Catherine Gibson-Poole, Sandra Ballantine, Alison Sangster, Hamish Lindsay
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